Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 287-294 , April 2009

Parametric study on the interface pullout strength of the vertebral body replacement cage using FEM-based Taguchi methods

  • Wen-Hsien Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Ching-Kong Chao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Hsi-Ching Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Jinn Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Ching-Chi Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Section 4, Keelung Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC. Tel.: +886 2 27333141x7597; fax: +886 2 27376460.

Received 3 December 2007 ,Revised 27 June 2008 ,Accepted 1 July 2008.

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PII: S1350-4533(08)00114-8

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.07.001

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 287-294 , April 2009

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