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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1960;42:1201-1206.
© 1960 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Failure by Corrosion of a Steinmann Pin Used for Intramedullary Fixation

Jonathan Cohen M.D.1 and W. Sanford Foultz M.D.1

1 Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pathology and the Division of Laboratories and Research, The Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston

A case report is presented where a Steinmann pin used as an intramedullary rod in a fibula showed marked pitting corrosion and ultimately had to be removed because of tissue reaction. The composition of the steel was the principal factor in promoting corrosion, although cyclic stress and non-metallic inclusions probably influenced the localization of the corrosion process.


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