Corrosion of stainless steel surgical implants
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology
- Vol. 3 (3) , 117-122
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03091907909162089
Abstract
In the light of examination of a series of failed stainless steel implants, the paper suggests that much material currently used for orthopaedic prostheses is not of a sufficiently high metallurgical quality for its purpose.Keywords
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