Open Journal of Orthopedics

Vol.3 No.6(2013), Paper ID 38254, 9 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojo.2013.36050

 

Biodegradation of Polymethylmethacrylate Bone Cement May Not Be a Serious Issue in Total Hip Arthroplasty—Retrieval Study for Knoop Hardness and Young’s Modulus

 

Masaaki Maruyama, William N. Capello

 

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University Medical Center, Clinical Building Suite, Indianapolis, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinonoi General Hospital, Nagano, Japan
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinonoi General Hospital, Nagano, Japan.

 

Copyright © 2013 Masaaki Maruyama, William N. Capello et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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M. Maruyama and W. Capello, "Biodegradation of Polymethylmethacrylate Bone Cement May Not Be a Serious Issue in Total Hip Arthroplasty—Retrieval Study for Knoop Hardness and Young’s Modulus," Open Journal of Orthopedics, Vol. 3 No. 6, 2013, pp. 269-277. doi: 10.4236/ojo.2013.36050.

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