Ultrasonic welding of bones. Preliminary results
Brug, E.; Braunsteiner, E.; von Gemmern, C.
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für Alle Gebiete der Operativen Medizen 47(10): 555-558
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-4722 PMID: 991674 Document Number: 100404
Experiments with ultrasonic applied welding, a method first developed in the USSR are reported. In standardized isolated bone preparations stability values could be obtained of 10% [and in one case of 40% (!)] of the stability of the nonfractured bone. With these values the requirements of the method of osteosynthesis are met. Results of in vivo experiments are expected.