Corrosion of Pure Titanium Sternal Wire

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1012-1014

  Tomizawa, Yasuko ^a   Hanawa, Takao ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORROSION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXPLANT; HUMAN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM WIRE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

BONE WIRES; CORROSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STERNUM; TITANIUM;

EID: 34548035779     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.04.049     Document Type: Article

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