Biodegradable Implants in Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Authors: HALUK YETKİN, ALPASLAN ŞENKÖYLÜ, ERDAL CİLA, AKİF MUHTAR ÖZTÜRK, SEZAİ AYKIN ŞİMŞEK

Abstract: Biodegradable implants are an alternative to metallic implants and have the advantage of not being necessary to remove once the fracture has healed. Twenty-two patients with fractures were treated with biodegradable implants. There were osteolysis in eleven patients; however, no serious complication was encountered. Although biodegradable implants are expensive, a second surgical procedure to remove the implants is not necessary, relieving the patient of the related costs and risks.

Keywords: Biodegradable, bioresorbable, bioabsorbable, fracture fixation.

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