
Spine
Non resorbable PEEK implants superior to resorbable PLDLLA implants
Eur Spine J. 2011 Apr;20(4):618-22.26 patients with chronic back pain and irradiating lower extremity symptoms underwent instrumented posterior lumbar interbody fusion using either a nonresorbable Telamon PEEK cage or a resorbable Telamon PLDDLA cage, to aid in fusion. Results of this randomized study indicate that almost all clinical outcomes improved for the PEEK group at 2-year evaluation when compared to preoperative scores; however, no clinical outcomes showed statistical improvement for the PLDLLA group.
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