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Partially adhesive fixation of reconstruction plates at midfacial fractures – an alternative solution to screw fixation?

For the prognosis and long‐term stability of an implant, for example a hip‐ or knee‐implant, the anchorage to the bone is of critical importance. Normally for this anchorage bone cement is used, which achieves sufficient retention to spongious bone structure. If there is the need for osteosynthesis of midfacial fractures for surgical therapy, in some situations it would be clinically preferable to fix the reconstruction plates without the usual system using screws. This is the aim of the new adhesive fixing technology which is presented in this article. The structure of bone in midface, however, is cortical and such a smooth surface will allow only insufficient retention forces between bone and bone cement. In order to obtain a good adhesion at cortical bone nevertheless, we have to apply a bone bonding agent similar to techniques used in dentistry, which are based on dentin bonding agents, because there are different wetting properties of the hydrophilic bone and the hydrophobic bone cement monomers.