title: Complications in the first 1,043 operations where self-reinforced poly-L-lactide implants were used solely for tissue fixation in orthopaedics and traumatology.
abstract: This is an analysis from one hospital of the first 1043 operations where pure self-reinforced poly-L-lactide (SR-PLLA) implants have been used alone. The operations were performed between 1988 and 1999 and included 407 orthopaedic patients and 636 trauma patients. There was a total of 107 complications. There were 21 infections but no sinus formation. Failure of fixation was seen in 46 patients. In 936 operations the healing was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Rheumaorthoedics, Surgical Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, HUS, Finland. timo.juutilainen@hus.fi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Juutilainen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hirvensalo
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Partio
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pätiälä
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Törmälä
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rokkanen
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009985:Orthopedics; D011108:Polymers; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; C445939:polylevolactic acid; D019344:Lactic Acid