Biodegradable Implants in Orthopaedics.
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2015-04
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Bioabsorbable materials are more commonly used now days in orthopaedic surgeries. Bioabsorbable implants for
fracture fixation, and meniscal repair. These implants provide the advantages of gradual load transfer to the healing
tissue, reduced need for implant removal, and radiolucency, which facilitates postoperative radiographic evaluation and
no hinderance in second surgery. These also carries disadvantages like, more expensive, having less strength than
metals, tissue reactions including mild fluid accumulation, painful erythematous fluctuating papule, sterile sinus tract
formation, osteolysis, synovitis, and hypertrophic fibrous encapsulation. We advocate more researches to be carried out
for the best suitability of these materials in orthopaedic surgeries.
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Biodegradable implants, Implants, Orthopaedic implants
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Vatchha Sharookh P, Kohli Amit, Tripathi Sanjay Kumar, Nanda Saurav Narayan, Pradhan Prasant, Shiraz Shaikh Muzammil. Biodegradable Implants in Orthopaedics. Annals of International Medical and Dental Research. 2015 Apr-June; 1(1): 3-8.