SELF-REINFORCED ABSORBABLE POLYLACTIDE (SR-PLLA) PLATES IN CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY - A PRELIMINARY-REPORT ON 14 PATIENTS

Authors
WARIS T POHJONEN T TORMALA P
Citation
T. Waris et al., SELF-REINFORCED ABSORBABLE POLYLACTIDE (SR-PLLA) PLATES IN CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY - A PRELIMINARY-REPORT ON 14 PATIENTS, European journal of plastic surgery, 17(5), 1994, pp. 236-238
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
European journal of plastic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0930343X
Volume
17
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
236 - 238
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-343X(1994)17:5<236:SAP(PI>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Self-reinforced polylactide (SR-PLLA) plates were used in 14 craniofac ial operations. Sheets of SR-PLLA were cut to the desired shape, and t hese were fixed with titanium screws or with resorbable sutures and we re used in addition to conventional titanium plates. There were no com plications due to the use of SR-PLLA implants. The material is totally biodegradable and is hydrolysed in the body back to lactic acid and f urther metabolized to carbon dioxide and water.