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Postoperative irradiation treatment and bioresorbable implants in orthopaedic surgery: an experimental in vitro study
G O Hofmann1, F D Wagner, A Keller
1BG-Unfallklinik Murnau, Germany.
Biomaterials
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
The influence of applied radiation on the degradation of a polyglycolide (PGA) test specimen was studied in vitro. There was no significant difference in the time-dependent degradation behaviour between the irradiated test specimen and controls. Mandatory irradiation of an operation site following surgery therefore does not contradict the employment of bioresorbable implants in orthopaedic surgery.