caa a22 4500 465733395 CHVBK 20180323111747.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00636167 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00636167 Clinical experience with titanium implants, especially with the limited contact dynamic compression plate system [Elektronische Daten] [P. Matter, H. Burch] Summary: AO/ASIF with its collaborating laboratories has developed cold worked pure titanium material for implants with an outstanding biocompatibility. The first prospectively controlled clinical series dates back to 1966 and was reported to be most successful. Pure titanium also became the material of choice for implants to be used in patients suffering from metal allergy. Today, a long-term and well-documented experience with these implants exists. It therefore seemed logical to use pure titanium for the new limited contact dynamic compression plate (LC-DCP) system described in the previous article by Perren. Pilot clinics started to implant titanium LC-DCP in 1987, and already 271 plates have been used, mainly for the treatment of fresh fractures. Some 57 plates have so far been removed. The preliminary results are most favourable; they confirm especially the outstanding biocompatibility of pure titanium. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Matter P. Surgical Department, Hospital of Davos, Davos, Switzerland aut Burch H. Orthopaedic Department, Kantonsspital Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland aut Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Springer-Verlag 109/6(1990-11-01), 311-313 0936-8051 109:6<311 1990 109 402 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00636167 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00636167 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Matter P. Surgical Department, Hospital of Davos, Davos, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Burch H. Orthopaedic Department, Kantonsspital Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Springer-Verlag 109/6(1990-11-01), 311-313 0936-8051 109:6<311 1990 109 402 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer