Causes of the clinical tissue response to polyglycolide and polylactide implants with an emphasis on the knee.

The causes of a clinical tissue response to self-reinforced polyglycolide (SR-PGA) and self-reinforced polylactide (SR-PLLA) implants were studied in the first 2500 polymeric fixations. The incidence was 8.0% in fixations with implants made of SR-PGA (n = 1879) and 0% in SR-PLLA fixations (n = 621).

Comparison of polylactide screw and expansion bolt in bioabsorbable fixation with patellar tendon bone graft for anterior cruciate ligament rupture of the knee. A preliminary study.

In a preliminary study, 24 patients with rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) were operated on using implants made of self-reinforced poly-l-lactide (SR-PLLA). The operation method was outside-in bone-tendon-bone reconstruction. In 10 patients the fixation was made with an SR-PLLA screw with a diameter of 6.

Bioabsorbable fixation in the treatment of proximal tibial osteotomies and fractures. A clinical study.

Background And Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of bioabsorbable implants in proximal tibia cancellous bone fixations in 28 patients.

Patients And Methods: The implants used were self-reinforced polyglycolide (SR-PGA) or self-reinforced polylactide (SR-PLLA) screws or rods. In six patients a high tibial osteotomy and in 16 patients a proximal tibial plateau fracture were secured with these implants (cancellous bone fixations).

Osteochondritis dissecans of the knee fixed with biodegradable self-reinforced polyglycolide and polylactide rods in 24 patients.

Over a period of 7 years (1987-1994), 24 cases of osteochondritis dissecans of the knee were treated with self-reinforced polyglycolic acid (SR-PGA) and polylactic acid (SR-PLLA) rods. Rods measuring 1.1 mm, 1.

Totally absorbable fixation in the treatment of fractures of the distal femoral epiphyses. A prospective clinical study.

Nine adolescent patients with a femoral fracture involving the physeal plate were treated by using self-reinforced absorbable polyglycolide (SR-PGA) and poly-L-lactide (SR-PLLA) screws with a follow-up for an average of 2 years and 2 months. During the follow-up all but one of the femurs became skeletally mature. In two of nine patients a clinically significant growth disturbance occurred.