The effect of ethanol on acrylic bone cement

Prosthesis loosening is a major problem associated with the use of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) bone cement that may be related to a peri-implant vacuolisation commonly observed at bone-cement interface. Methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer may be one of the cement components partly responsible for...

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Main Author: Bettencourt, A (author)
Other Authors: Calado, A (author), Amaral, J (author), Vale, FM (author), Rico, JMT (author), Monteiro, J (author), Montemor, MF (author), Ferreira, MGS (author), Castro, M (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/20920
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/20920