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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-5
pubmed:abstractText
Anecdotal reports of painful synovitis after implantation of the Artelon spacer (Small Bone Innovations, Inc., Morrisville, PA) have emerged. The manufacturer claims that this type of reaction is related to the method of fixation and/or to suture material. This report illustrates one case in which a patient exhibited sustained painful synovitis after implantation of the Artelon spacer in the scaphotrapezio-trapezoidal joint, which clinically resolved on removal of the implant. Furthermore, pathology specimens of the soft tissue, synovium, and bone demonstrated an exuberant granulomatous foreign body giant cell reaction to the implant material. Patients should be made aware of the potential of the Artelon spacer to cause a foreign body reaction that may necessitate reoperation for removal of the implant.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1531-6564
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1388-92
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Absorbable Implants, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Arthroplasty, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Biocompatible Materials, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Foreign-Body Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Giant Cells, Foreign-Body, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Osteoarthritis, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Osteosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Polyurethanes, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Reoperation, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Scaphoid Bone, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Sutures, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Synovial Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Synovitis, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Trapezium Bone, pubmed-meshheading:19801107-Trapezoid Bone
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Foreign body reaction to artelon spacer: case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Hand Surgery and Pathology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY 10021, USA. aygiuffrida@gmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports