Design and biocompatibility aspects of a minifixation system from Si 3N4 for osteosynthesis

CFI Ceramic Forum International

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Maier, Horst R ^a   Ragoß, Christian ^a   Held, Michael ^b   Reske, Thomas ^b   Neumann, Andreas ^b   Jahnke, Klaus ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alumina; Biocompatibility; Minifixation; Osteosynthesis; Plate Screw FEM Modelling; Silicon nitride; Survival Probability

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SCREWS; SILICON NITRIDE; STRESS ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZIRCONIA;

MINIFIXATION SYSTEMS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; SURVIVAL PROBABILITY;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 4344568773     PISSN: 01739913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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