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. 2021 Oct 28;23:101674. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2021.101674

Table 3.

Materials and manufacturers of implants used.

Type of fixation Study CFR PEEK Metal
Proximal Humeral fractures (plate fixation) Ziegler10 PEEK Power Humeral Fracture Plate; Arthrex, Naples, Florida, USA Titanium Proximal Humerus Internal Locking Systes (PHILOS) (Depuy Synthes, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA)
Katthagen12
Padolini11 Diphos H, Lima Corporate, San Daniele del Friuli, Italy
Schliemann13
Distal radius fractures (plate fixation) Perugia14 CarboFix distal radiusm volar locking plate (CarboFix Orthopedics Ltd., Herzeliya, Israel) Titanium Acu-Lock Volar Distal Radius Plate (Acumed Ltd., Hillsboro, Oregon, USA)
Distal femoral fractures (plate fixation) Mitchell15 CarboFix distal femoral plate (CarboFix 35 Orthopaedics Ltd, Herzeliya, Israel) Stainless steel variable angle distal femur locking condylar plate (VA-LCP 34) (DePuy-Synthes, Paoli, USA)
Byun16
Tibial shaft fractures (Intramedullary nailing) Ziran18 Carbofix Tibial Nail (CarboFix, Herzeliya, Israel Titanium alloy nail (Depuy Synthes, Paoli, USA)
Lateral malleolus ankle fractures (plate fixation) Guzzini17 ‘Radiolucent (CFR PEEK) plate’ ‘Stainless steel plate’
Name of manufacturer and type of plate not stated