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7698862

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
We have developed reasonably strong but bioabsorbable osteosynthetic screws, pins and nails made of ultra high strength poly-L-lactide (PLLA) and evaluated their use in 143 patients. The PLLA implants have the highest strength among those reported to date. They lose about 10% of their initial strength within 8 weeks, about 40% within 4 weeks and nearly 100% within 20 weeks in vivo. The patients were aged from 9 to 78 years, and the follow up was from 2 to 6 years. The implants were used for fixation of bone grafts in 84 patients, peri- and intra-articular fractures in 49, after osteotomy in 8, and in 2 others. Bony union was not achieved in only one case. In the early stages of the study, breakage of screws occurred in 12 cases (8%), mostly because of an inappropriate size of tap; these problems have not occurred after improvement of the tapping system. There were no cases with abnormal blood tests, infection or foreign body reaction.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0341-2695
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
332-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Bioabsorbable osteosynthetic implants of ultra high strength poly-L-lactide. A clinical study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Case Reports, Controlled Clinical Trial