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Tibial condylar fractures fixed with totally absorbable, self-reinforced polyglycolide screws

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Six patients with displaced split-depression-type tibial condylar fractures were treated with absorbable, self-reinforced polyglycolide screws. One patient underwent reoperation because of an unacceptable primary fracture reduction unrelated to the implant material. The others healed well, with good functional and anatomical results despite one slight redisplacement in a medial condylar fracture treated without plaster cast immobilisation. Absorbable polyglycolide screws seem to be suitable for the fixation of selected tibial condylar fractures. The implant removal operation is thus avoided.

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Kankare, J. Tibial condylar fractures fixed with totally absorbable, self-reinforced polyglycolide screws. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 116, 133–136 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00426061

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