title: Inion biodegradable plates: the first century.
abstract: I have used the Inion biodegradable plate system to treat patients with facial fractures who presented to Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral between May 2003 and November 2004. I have inserted 100 miniplates (68 mandible, 15 maxilla, 12 zygomatic bone, 3 nose, and 2 thyroid cartilage). All the fractures healed.
authors.affiliation: Arrowe Park Hospital, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside CH49 5PE, UK. GDW5568@aol.com
authors.forename: Geoffrey D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D050724:Fractures, Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D011358:Product Surveillance, Postmarketing; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D013957:Thyroid Cartilage / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000601:surgery