✍ Scribed by Tarr, Richard R. ;Jorge, Rolando ;Latta, Loren L. ;Ghandur-Mnaymneh, Latifa
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D e p a r t m i i t oj' Orthopedics arid Rehabilitation, Miami, Florida 33101 Latifa Ghandur-Mnaymneh D r p a r f m m t of Pathology, U n m e r v t y (If Miai?n S C lrooi of Mi~dicznr, Miami, Florida 3 3101
A vanadium steel Lane plate with nickel coating and low grade steel screws were removed from a patient 53 years postimplantation. Corrosion of the parts was extreme, but the reaction in the surrounding tissues was surprisingly quiescent under the cir-cumstances. By today's standards, the materials, their application, and their performance were totally unacceptable. However, the biological system tolerated this "insult" well.
In 1924, E.M., a white female at the age of 14, suffered a fracture o f the left distal radius which was treated with open reduction and internal fixation using
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