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Removal of titanium plates coated with anodic titanium oxide ceramic: retrospective study.
- Source :
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The Journal of craniofacial surgery [J Craniofac Surg] 2002 Sep; Vol. 13 (5), pp. 636-40. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Transformation of the surface of metallic titanium with titanium oxides prepared in various ways is a modern procedure. For more than 15 years, the authors have been utilizing fixing elements coated with titanium oxide ceramics, prepared by anodic oxidation and thermal treatment, for purposes of jawbone osteosynthesis. The aim of the authors' work was to assess the extent to which the titanium oxide ceramic coating influences the fate of the plates used for osteosynthesis within the human organism, in regard to the possible need for their removal. During a 5-year period, 108 of 1,396 plates coated with anodic titanium oxide had to be removed for various reasons: plate exposure (47), osteomyelitis (25), palpable swelling and tenderness (21), patient request for psychological reasons (13), or fracture of the plate (2). In none of these 108 cases was metallosis observed, which otherwise is reported relatively frequently in the vicinity of traditional titanium fixing elements, nor was any tissue damage connected with the surface of the plates. The results indicate the favorable properties of the titanium oxide ceramic surface.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Electrodes
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure
Equipment Safety
Female
Fracture Fixation, Internal instrumentation
Humans
Jaw Fractures surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Osteomyelitis surgery
Osteotomy instrumentation
Oxidation-Reduction
Pain, Postoperative surgery
Postoperative Complications surgery
Retrospective Studies
Surface Properties
Surgical Wound Dehiscence surgery
Biocompatible Materials chemistry
Bone Plates psychology
Ceramics chemistry
Coated Materials, Biocompatible chemistry
Device Removal
Titanium chemistry
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1049-2275
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of craniofacial surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12218790
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00001665-200209000-00008