Experience with vitallium ∗ ∗ Vitallium is the trade name given to an alloy whose approximate composition is cobalt 65 per cent, chromium 30 per cent, and molybdenum 5 per cent. The authors wish to thank Mr. Walter Klann and Mrs. Katharine Hutchinson of the Austenal Laboratories, Inc., New York, N. Y., for their invaluable assistance in developing the prosthesis herein described. Vitallium was originally developed by the Austenal Laboratories as a dental alloy which was resistant to the corrosive action of saliva. In 1935, Venable and Stuck carried out some animal experiments on electrolysis of metals in the body. After demonstrating that Vitallium was inert or passive in body fluids, they operated upon their first patient in September 1936. In the last ten years, Vitallium has not only established itself as a valuable alloy in bone surgery, but it has also found newer uses in other fields of surgery. Pearce, in 1940, and Clute, in 1941, independently devised Vitallium tubes to be placed in bile ducts for repair of strictures or to replace irreparable damage. Kimball and Drummond, in 1941, successfully employed a Vitallium prosthesis instead of cartilage in nasal skeletal support in four cases. They encountered no untoward reactions, no infections, and no drainage. In 1942 and 1943, Blakemore, Lord, and Stefko made very interesting studies on nonsuture methods for blood vessel anastomosis. They concluded that Vitallium is a nonirritating alloy suitable as a prosthesis for a vein graft bridging an artery or vein defect in nonsuture method of vessel anastomosis using a single- or double-tube technique. plates in the repair of hernias
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Experience with vitallium ∗ ∗ Vitallium is the trade name given to an alloy whose approximate composition is cobalt 65 per cent, chromium 30 per cent, and molybdenum 5 per cent. The authors wish to thank Mr. Walter Klann and Mrs. Katharine Hutchinson of the Austenal Laboratories, Inc., New York, N. Y., for their invaluable assistance in developing the prosthesis herein described. Vitallium was originally developed by the Austenal Laboratories as a dental alloy which was resistant to the corrosive action of saliva. In 1935, Venable and Stuck carried out some animal experiments on electrolysis of metals in the body. After demonstrating that Vitallium was inert or passive in body fluids, they operated upon their first patient in September 1936. In the last ten years, Vitallium has not only established itself as a valuable alloy in bone surgery, but it has also found newer uses in other fields of surgery. Pearce, in 1940, and Clute, in 1941, independently devised Vitallium tubes to be placed in bile ducts for repair of strictures or to replace irreparable damage. Kimball and Drummond, in 1941, successfully employed a Vitallium prosthesis instead of cartilage in nasal skeletal support in four cases. They encountered no untoward reactions, no infections, and no drainage. In 1942 and 1943, Blakemore, Lord, and Stefko made very interesting studies on nonsuture methods for blood vessel anastomosis. They concluded that Vitallium is a nonirritating alloy suitable as a prosthesis for a vein graft bridging an artery or vein defect in nonsuture method of vessel anastomosis using a single- or double-tube technique. plates in the repair of hernias
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