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Fractures: Bone Repair

Fractures: Bone Repair

Treatment for a fracture is based on the type of break, the bone affected, and the patient's age.
Minor fractures with no bone displacement are treated by immobilizing the fractured bone using a cast or splint. However, in the case of fractures with displaced bones, the broken bones are repositioned before immobilization to ensure successful healing without deformation and loss of function. The realignment of fractured bone ends is performed through a process called reduction. If the...

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Making Hardware Removal Unnecessary by Using Resorbable Implants for Osteosynthesis in Children.

Pascal Heye¹, Christoph Matissek¹, Clemens Seidl²

¹Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Trauma Surgery, Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Children (Basel, Switzerland)

|April 23, 2022

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Resorbable implants for pediatric osteosynthesis eliminate the need for a second surgery to remove hardware. These advanced materials offer comparable clinical and radiographic results to traditional implants, improving patient outcomes.

Keywords:

biodegradable children implants osteosynthesis resorbable

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Area of Science:

Orthopedic surgery
Biomaterials science
Pediatric orthopedics

Background:

Pediatric osteosynthesis often requires hardware removal surgery.
Resorbable implants offer a minimally invasive alternative, reducing surgical risks.
This review examines resorbable implants for pediatric fracture treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

To review resorbable implant technologies for pediatric osteosynthesis.
To discuss the clinical features and applications of these materials.

Main Methods:

Overview of polymer- and magnesium-based resorbable osteosynthesis materials.
Presentation of clinical examples using ActivaTM (polymer) and Magnezix® (magnesium) products.

Main Results:

Both polymer and magnesium implants show surgical safety, efficacy, and good biocompatibility.
Controlled resorption rates and mechanical stability are achievable with both material types.
Clinical and radiographic outcomes are comparable to non-resorbable implants, despite some technical challenges with polymers and hydrogen gas production with magnesium.

Conclusions:

Resorbable osteosynthesis materials achieve therapeutic results similar to conventional implants.
These implants can enhance patient outcomes by avoiding a second surgery for hardware removal in children.