Prototype of a silicon nitride ceramic-based miniplate osteofixation system for the midface

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 923-930

  Neumann, Andreas ^a   Unkel, Claus ^a   Werry, Christoph ^a   Herborn, Christoh U ^b   Maier, Horst R ^a,c   Ragoß, Christian ^c   Jahnke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON NITRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE DEFECT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRONTAL BONE; MALE; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS MATERIAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRONTAL BONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646799104     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.01.022     Document Type: Article

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