Fracture and fatigue characteristics of bone cements

✍ Scribed by Stark, C. F.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 167 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9304
• DOI: 10.1002/jbm.820130213

✦ Synopsis

Two recent

were published describing experimentation defining the fracture toughness and fatigue behavior of Surgical Simplex* P and Zimmer bone cement. A major conclusion drawn from these studies was that "when fabricated at 5 psi, Zimmer acrylic bone cement shows superior fracture toughness and longer fatigue life for all additive concentrations and environments when compared to Simplex P acrylic bone cement."2 Our efforts have centered, first, on verifying the fracture toughness data under testing conditions similar to those used previously, but using the currently marketed Zimmer cement. Second, the fatigue results, as previously published,2 were reviewed and conclusions were made based on all the test data presented.