Development of the Neurocranium After Transsutural Fixing by New, Resorbable Poly-L-lactide Miniplates. A Comparison to Fixing with the Common Titanium Miniplates

Overview

Journal Acta Neurochir (Wien)

Specialty Neurosurgery

Date 1994 Jan 1

PMID 7847140

Citations 2

Authors

T Antikainen

H Pernu

P Tormala

M Kallioinen

T Waris

W Serlo

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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.

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