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Totally biodegradable, self-reinforced polylactide plates and titanium miniscrews were used for the fixation of horizontal maxillary osteotomies in 32 patients. In two cases the fixation was unstable because of technical problems. In the others the analysis of cephalometric radiographs between immediate and late postoperative showed very similar figures, indicating postoperative stability. There were no complications in the healing due to this biodegradable osteofixation in these patients.
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Fuente del Campo, A., Pohjonen, T., Törmälä, P. et al. Fixation of horizontal maxillary osteotomies with biodegradable self-reinforced absorbable polylactide plates: preliminary results. Eur J Plast Surg 19, 7–9 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209782
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