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Highly Customizable Bone Fracture Fixation through the Marriage of Composites and Screws
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Fibre- and Polymer Technology, Coating Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0028-1204
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Fibre- and Polymer Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8595-0037
Department of Clinical Science and Education and the Department of Hand Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE-11883 Sweden.
Department of Clinical Science and Education and the Department of Hand Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE-11883 Sweden.
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2021 (English)In: Advanced Functional Materials, ISSN 1616-301X, E-ISSN 1616-3028, Vol. 31, no 41, article id 2105187Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) metal plates provide exceptional support for unstable bone fractures; however, they often result in debilitating soft‐tissue adhesions and their rigid shape cannot be easily customized by surgeons. In this work, a surgically feasible ORIF methodology, called AdhFix, is developed by combining screws with polymer/hydroxyapatite composites, which are applied and shaped in situ before being rapidly cured on demand via high‐energy visible‐light‐induced thiol–ene coupling chemistry. The method is developed on porcine metacarpals with transverse and multifragmented fractures, resulting in strong and stable fixations with a bending rigidity of 0.28 (0.03) N m 2 and a maximum load before break of 220 (15) N. Evaluations on human cadaver hands with proximal phalanx fractures show that AdhFix withstands the forces from finger flexing exercises, while short‐ and long‐term in vivo rat femur fracture models show that AdhFix successfully supports bone healing without degradation, adverse effects, or soft‐tissue adhesions. This procedure represents a radical new approach to fracture fixation, which grants surgeons unparalleled customizability and does not result in soft‐tissue adhesions.

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Wiley , 2021. Vol. 31, no 41, article id 2105187
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biomaterials, bone fixation, materials engineering, thiol-ene composites
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Polymer Chemistry Orthopaedics Biomaterials Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-297640DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202105187ISI: 000663202700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85108182498OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-297640DiVA, id: diva2:1569807
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