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Special metal devices can be suited for a temporary alloplasty and for the fixation and stabilization of fractured bone structures. Due to their good electroconductivity, however, metals tend to corrode by electrochemical processes. Special alloys are manufactured for surgical purposes. Because of their composition and homogeneity, these alloys are claimed to be electroenergetically inactive and chemically resistant. However, this holds true only if the passive surface layer is intact. Because the surface layer in steel alloys is only 1/200 000 mm thick, the question arises, whether it can act as a barrier under biological conditions. Repeatedly, metallotic damage to the surrounding tissue and fracture of the plates have been reported (frank and Zitter, 1971; Schuster, 1970, 1975; Münzenberg et al., 1972). The question arises, to what extent corrosive processes account for these problems.
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Dielert, E., Fischer-Brandies, E. (1988). Histochemical, Electron Microscopic and Microanalytic Investigations of Tissue Surrounding Ni-Cr-Allenthesis in Maxillo-Facial Surgery. In: Hildebrand, H.F., Champy, M. (eds) Biocompatibility of Co-Cr-Ni Alloys. NATO ASI Series, vol 171. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0757-0_13
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