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Treatment of patella fracture by claw-like shape memory alloy.
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
July 2015
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Yan'tai YuHuangDing Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University Medical College, Yan'tai, 264000, China.
Introduction: Titanium-nickel shape memory alloy (Ti-Ni SMA) is characterized by shape-memory effect, super-elasticity, excellent fatigue behavior, corrosion resistance, acceptable biocompatibility and high damping capacity.
Materials And Methods: Claw-like Ti-Ni SMA fixator (SMA-claw) has been used to treat transverse fracture of patella. 29 patients (19 males, 10 females) aged from 21 to 71 years old (averaged 43.