Redesign of Indonesian-made osteosynthesis plates to enhance their mechanical behavior

Comparison of pre- and post-implantation of Indonesian-made plates in fracture patients: Functional, radiological, biomechanical and chemical analyses

“…Vickers hardness testing, involving diamond indentation under loads of 1 to 100 kg for 10 to 15 seconds, is a common method. Measured with a microscope, hardness is calculated from the indentation area [10,16,32]. Our test results revealed no significant difference in hardness between pre-and post-implantation plates, indicating a good hardness quality.…”

“…The surface roughness of the plates was gauged using a Profilometer (Scantron Industrial Product Ltd., Taunton, UK). Measurements were taken at 3 points surrounding the deepest hole, on both convex and concave surfaces, each measuring 0.5×0.5 mm [10,16] (Figure 1). Chemical composition analysis involved assessing changes in chemical content post-plating using scanning electron microscopy energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) Hitachi FlexSEM 100 (Hitachi Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan) [17].…”

Surface Morphology, Roughness and Wettability of the Medical Grade 316L Stainless Steel Processed with Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment and Electropolishing for the Preparation of Osteosynthesis Plate

“…[5][6][7][8][9][10] On the basis of these studies, it is reported that the SMAT had recently been applied to increase fatigue resistance of osteosynthesis plate prepared from the medical grade 316L stainless steel. 11 However, on the other hand, it is also noted that the SMAT produced stainless steel plate with a considerably rough surface, i.e., with arithmetic medium value (R a ) of 1.0 μm, as compared with the roughness of osteosynthesis plate reported in the literature, i.e., R a = 0.59-0.88 μm. 1,8,12 Surface roughness and wettability have so far been considered as critical parameters that could be used to evaluate the mechanical properties and biocompatibility of osteosynthesis plate.…”

Comparison of Surface Characteristics of Medical-grade 316L Stainless Steel Processed by Sand-blasting, Slag Ball-blasting and Shot-blasting Treatments

“…In the last few decades, sand-blasting and shot-blasting have been widely used as post-processing treatments for improving the functionality and performance of metallic biomaterials and biomedical implants [1,3,7,8]. Several studies have demonstrated improved osseointegration of titanium implants owing to their rough surface as generated by sand-blasting [1,7].…”