Tantalum wire can be used as surgical sutures

Tantalum can be made thinner than a human hair filaments used as surgical sutures, and other parts of the Achilles tendon rupture suture. Such sutures can even replace the tendon and nerve fibers.
Patella fracture and other parts
Statistics show that 33 cases with tantalum wire cerclage fixation for the treatment of various types of patellar fracture patients were followed up for 5 months to 16 years, except for two cases of mild traumatic arthritis, the remaining 31 cases have achieved good effect, no complications.
Advantages tantalum wire patella fractures that:
High tantalum wire strength, Rally, little elasticity, toughness, easy matter, knotted, stable fixation;
Tantalum wire excellent corrosion resistance and biocompatibility, nontoxic to humans, without surgery to remove again, it can carry a lifetime;
Simple tantalum wire cerclage fixation operation, less surgical trauma, time is short, and early postoperative knee joint to prevent joint stiffness and muscle atrophy;
The tantalum wire cerclage indications wide, not only for comminuted patella and good efficacy, but also applies to other parts of the fracture.