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Carbon as an implant material in orthopaedic surgery
Archives of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery. Archiv Fur Orthopadische Und Unfall-Chirurgie
|September 1, 1979
Abstract:
Carbon is a material of proven value in many fields of medicine. It has only minor reactions compared with other materials, but does have unfavourable mechanical characteristics. New kinds of carbon with similar physical characteristics to other materials, e.g. steel and ceramic, have now been developed.