The Study of Pathologic Reactions to orthopedic hardware (Neil and Plaque)

Background: So far, various studies have been done on the local and systemic effects oforthopedic hardware. The aim of this study was to investigate comprehensive pathologicreactions to orthopedic hardware (Neil and Plaque) in patients.Method: In a descriptive study, the pathologic reactions of 15 patients (12 males and3 females) with an average age of 37.41 that all of them were under the orthopedichardware placement surgery in Imam Khomeini Hospital and Bu-Ali Sina Hospital in Sari,had been studied through a questionnaire, observation and laboratory.Results: There was no skin reaction after the insertion of hardware in any of the patients.Only in %6.66 of the patients observed infection after insertion of hardware and do notboil, and bloating was also seen in 1 patients. Furthermore, no systematic complicationswere observed in any of the patients. The majority of patients had moderate tissueinflammation at the hardware site. There was no evidence of malignancy in any of thepatient›s pathology samples.Conclusion: According to the results of this study, it seems that apart from moderatetissue inflammation, Moderate tissue inflammation in the use of nail and plaqueorthopedic hardware is a common complication of using nails and orthopedic plaques inImam Khomeini and Bouali Hospitals of Sari.Keywords: Orthopedic fixation devices, Orthopedic equipment, Bone nails, Bone plates,Pathology.