Postoperative irradiation treatment and bioresorbable implants in orthopaedic surgery: an experimental in vitro study |
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| Authors: | GO Hofmann FD Wagner A Keller H Feist |
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| Affiliation: | BG-Unfallklinik Murnau, Germany. |
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| 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. |
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