Cover Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
ISSN:
8750-7315
Online Publication Date:
Aug 1996

Foreign-body reaction to absorbable fixation devices

J Frederick
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TJ Hulst
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AS Sundareson
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https://doi.org/10.7547/87507315-86-8-396
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While it is evident that poly-p-dioxanon is less reactive than polyglycolide, recent studies, including the case above, have shown that Orthosorb pins are not exempt from the same type of foreign-body reaction as the Biofix products.

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