Bioresorbable screws reinforced with phosphate glass fibre: Manufacturing and mechanical property characterisation

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-88

  Felfel, R M ^a,b   Ahmed, I ^a   Parsons, A J ^a   Rudd, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bioresorbable; Bone screw; Composite; Forging; Phosphate based glass fibre; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CORROSION; FORGING; GLASS FIBERS; GLASS INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; POLYESTERS; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS;

BIORESORBABLE; BIORESORBABLE POLYMERS; BONE SCREW; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; PHOSPHATE BASED GLASS; POLY LACTIC ACID; PULL-OUT STRENGTH; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED;

SCREWS;

GLASS FIBER; PHOSPHATE; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIORESORBABLE SCREW; BONE SCREW; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CORTICAL BONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84871651575     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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