The fatigue life of contoured cobalt chrome posterior spinal fusion rods

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-198

  Nguyen, T Q ^a   Buckley, J M ^a   Ames, C ^b   Deviren, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cobalt chrome; fatigue; French Bender; rod contouring; spinal fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; CURVED ROD; FATIGUE; FATIGUE LIFE; FRENCH BENDER; HIGH LOAD; INTRA-OPERATIVE; LOAD RATIO; MAXIMUM LOAD; MAXIMUM LOADING; NOTCH SENSITIVITY; PEDICLE SCREWS; POSTERIOR ARTHRODESIS; POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSIONS; ROD CONTOURING; SPINAL FIXATION; STATIC STRENGTH; TOTAL CURVATURE; VERTEBRECTOMY; COBALT CHROMES; COMPRESSION BENDING; CONTOURING;

COBALT; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; RESONANCE; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TITANIUM; FASTENERS; SCREWS;

SCREWS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE SCREW; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPINE FUSION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SCREWS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 79551531384     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM763     Document Type: Article

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