Foreign body gonitis caused by a broken poly-L-lactic acid screw
| Autor: | Yukihiro Yasukawa, Shaw Akizuki, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Tsutomu Takizawa |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male musculoskeletal diseases Poly l lactic acid medicine.medical_specialty Knee Joint Polymers Polyesters Bone Screws Dentistry Screw breakage Lower limb Arthroscopy Fixation (surgical) medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Lactic Acid business.industry Arthritis Foreign-Body Reaction Biomaterial musculoskeletal system medicine.disease Biodegradable polymer Surgery Equipment Failure Foreign body business |
| Zdroj: | Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery. 14:329-330 |
| ISSN: | 0749-8063 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0749-8063(98)70151-3 |
| Popis: | Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA), a biodegradable polymer, is generally considered to be gradually degraded without causing any severe tissue reaction. However, we encountered a patient who developed foreign body gonitis caused by screw breakage after fixation of an intercondylar prominence fracture with PLLA screws. This case suggests that care should be taken when PLLA materials are used to fix intraarticular fractures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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