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.
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How to Cite this Article
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.