Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Bioresorbable screws for surgical fracture treatment are of great interest for the orthopaedic community. Such implants are designed to provide stability and compression of the fracture and should dissolve after healing, thereby making removal of surgical material obsolete. Magnesium implants are a new material option. So far, long-term follow-up of fracture healing and material decay has not been studied in human. Here, we present the results of the 2.5 year follo...