WHITE PAPERS Braided Metal Cerclage Cables: Anatomy of “The Perfect Metal Debris Factory” Polymer cerclage eliminates a significant source of metallic debris in revision arthroplasty Fretting-Initiated Fatigue Failure of a Metal Cerclage Cable A Novel Iso-Elastic Cerclage Cable for Treatment of Fractures Sarin et. al. METAL DEBRIS-RELATED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Contribution of Cable Debris Generation to […]
Articles Tagged: metallosis
Metallosis, Trunnionosis, and now…Cablosis
June 27, 2018 Dear Kinamed Agents and Reps, You’ve heard of Metallosis (the soft tissue reaction to build up of metal debris from abrading joint components) and possibly Trunnionosis (similar reaction from wear specific to the head-neck interface), but what about Cablosis (cable-osis)? As we’ve described in several white papers (links below), the metal abrading […]
Still using Metal Wires and Cables???
May 1, 2018 Dear Kinamed Agents and Reps, Just had to share this cringe-worthy case example that should get your surgeons and hospitals to think twice… “A Novel Complication of the Dall-Miles Cable Grip System Mimicking Recurrent Synovial Chondromatosis” (click the title to view on pub-med, or see pdf article attached). A 25-year-old […]