title: Clinical and experimental studies with a resorbable transosseous ligature.
abstract: Transosseous wire ligatures are used to oppose bone fragments during healing. Thereafter, such ligatures serve no function, and either remain permanently in the tissues or are removed by a second surgical procedure. This paper reports clinical and experimental studies with polydioxanone (PDS--Ethicon Ltd.), on the basis of which it is introduced as an alternative to stainless steel wire in some cases of transosseous fixation.
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D006801:Humans; D010027:Osteotomy; D016687:Polydioxanone; D011091:Polyesters / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013515:Surgery, Oral; D013537:Sutures; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011091:Polyesters; D016687:Polydioxanone