Osteorrhaphy

Good results are seldom obtained by wiring the bone fragments, i. e., a uniting of the fractured pieces by means of wire sutures (osteorrhaphy). Wire sutures generally hamper a normal healing of the fracture, because they act as a foreign body, delay consolidation and quite often lead to necrosis and sequestrum.

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At our hospital, the temporal approach is most frequently employed, but osteorrhaphy by exposing the fracture site is also performed depending on the indications.

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Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is commonly used as the load-bearing materials of bone implants such as hip prosthesis, sutures in osteorrhaphy, and synthetic ligaments.

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