FIXATION OF HORIZONTAL MAXILLARY OSTEOTOMIES WITH BIODEGRADABLE SELF-REINFORCED ABSORBABLE POLYLACTIDE PLATES - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS

Authors
DELCAMPO AF POHJONEN T TORMALA P WARIS T
Citation
Af. Delcampo et al., FIXATION OF HORIZONTAL MAXILLARY OSTEOTOMIES WITH BIODEGRADABLE SELF-REINFORCED ABSORBABLE POLYLACTIDE PLATES - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS, European journal of plastic surgery, 19(1), 1996, pp. 7-9
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
European journal of plastic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0930343X
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
7 - 9
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-343X(1996)19:1<7:FOHMOW>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Totally biodegradable, self-reinforced polylactide plates and titanium miniscrews were used for the fixation of horizontal maxillary osteoto mies in 32 patients. In two cases the fixation was unstable because of technical problems. In the others the analysis of cephalometric radio graphs between immediate and late postoperative showed very similar fi gures, indicating postoperative stability, There were no complications in the healing due to this biodegradable osteofixation in these patie nts.