Bioabsorbable metal screws in traumatology: A promising innovation

Roland Biber; Johannes Pauser; Matthias Brem; Hermann Josef Bail

Trauma Case Reports (Apr 2017)

Bioabsorbable metal screws in traumatology: A promising innovation

Roland Biber,
Johannes Pauser,
Matthias Brem,
Hermann Josef Bail

Affiliations

Roland Biber: Nuremberg General Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Germany; Nuremberg General Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Germany; Corresponding author at: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Paracelsus Medical University, Breslauer Str. 201, 90471 Nürnberg, Germany.
Johannes Pauser: Nuremberg General Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Germany
Matthias Brem: Nuremberg General Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Germany
Hermann Josef Bail: Nuremberg General Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Germany; Nuremberg General Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Germany

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 11 – 15

Abstract

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MAGNEZIX® CS (Syntellix AG, Hanover, Germany) is a bioabsorbable compression screw made of a magnesium alloy (MgYREZr). Currently there are only two clinical studies reporting on a limited number of elective patients who received this screw in a hallux valgus operation. We applied MAGNEZIX® CS for fixation of distal fibular fracture in a trauma patient who had sustained a bimalleolar fracture type AO 44-B2.3. Clinical course was uneventful, fracture healing occurred within three months. Follow-up X-rays showed a radiolucent area around the implant for some months, yet this radiolucent area had disappeared in the 17-months follow-up X-ray. Keywords: Magnesium, Bioabsorbable, Compression screw, Osteosynthesis, Ankle fracture

Published in Trauma Case Reports

ISSN: 2352-6440 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/trauma-case-reports/

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