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Development of the neurocranium after transsutural fixing by new, resorbable poly-L-lactide miniplates. A comparison
T Antikainen1, H Pernu, P Törmälä
1Department of Surgery, Oulu University Central Hospital, Finland.
Acta Neurochirurgica
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
The right coronal sutures of twelve (12) newborn rabbits were fixed with commercially available, self-reinforced poly-L-lactide miniplates, with eight (8) rabbits sham treated with titanium miniplate fixation as reference experiments, in order to demonstrate the possible effects on skull growth. After six (6) months follow-up, both types of plate were detected to have caused a similar asymmetry in the neurocranium. Therefore, in our opinion, fixing across growing sutures, even with the new biodegradable devices, should be avoided.