title: Corrosion of stainless steel surgical implants.
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.
mesh_terms: D003343:Corrosion; D006801:Humans; D008669:Metallurgy; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013193:Stainless Steel / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel