Ultrastructural Analysis of Infected Absorbable Bone Fixation Material Using Scanning Electron Microscopy After Zygomatic Bone Fracture Surgery.

ABSTRACT: Absorbable bone fixation materials are commonly used in facial bone fracture surgery. However, reports on the microstructure of infected implants are rare. This study presents a case involving a 74-year-old male patient who developed an α-Streptococcus infection 2.5 months after zygomatic bone fracture surgery and the ultrastructure of an infected absorbable plate observed under a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The patient sustained a right zygomatic bone fracture due to a fall and underwent open reduction and internal fixation with SonicWeld on the seventh day after the injury. The postoperative course was uneventful, but 2.5 months after the surgery, the patient presented with redness, swelling, and pain in the right lower eyelid, along with purulent discharge, leading to the

SUBMITTER: Aisawa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11893088 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature