Musculoskeletal surgery
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Musculoskelet Surg
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Musculoskeletal surgery · Sep 2015
Multicenter StudyProximal humeral fracture fixation: multicenter study with carbon fiber peek plate.
Locking plate fixation is a reliable treatment for many displaced proximal humeral fractures. Carbon fiber-reinforced-poly-ether-ether-ketone (CFR-PEEK) plates have recently been introduced as an alternative to traditional metallic plates. ⋯ CFR-PEEK plates proved as reliable as metallic plates in the treatment of proximal humeral fractures. The advantages of these new devices include a better visualization of fracture reduction during intraoperative fluoroscopic assessment and easy hardware removal due to the absence of screw-plate cold fusion.