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• The invisible nail: A technique report of treatment of a pathological humerus fracture with a radiolucent intramedullary nail >>

      Philip N. Collis, Travis E. Clegg, David Seligson

      Published in Injury, 2011 Apr; 42(4):424-6

 

• Carbon fiber reinforced PEEK Optima – A composite material biomechanical properties  and wear/debris characteristics of CF- PEEK composite for orthopedic trauma implants >>

      Ely L. Steinberg, Ehud Rath, Amir Shlaifer, Ofir Chechik, Eran Maman, Moshe Salai

      Published in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials,

      Epub 2012  Oct 11

 

• Utility of Carbon Fiber Implants in Orthopedic Surgery: Review >>

      Ronald Hillock, Shain Howard

      Published in Reconstructive Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, March 2014 

 

• Carbon fiber intramedullary nails reduce artifact in postoperative advanced imaging>>

       Melissa N. Zimel & Sinchun Hwang & Elyn R. Riedel & John H. Healey

       Published in Skeletal Radiology, May 2015
 

• Invisible Stabilization of Impending and Pathological Fractures A Preliminary Report on Carbon Fiber Technology >>

      Rosenthal H.

      Presented at the MSTS meeting 2013. 

 

• Carbon Fiber Fixation In Oncologic Bone Surgery >> 

      Daniel C. Allison & Lawrence R. Menendez 

      Presented at the MSTS meeting 2013.

 

• Case Report: Use Of Carbon Fiber Intramedullary Nail And External Fixation Assistance For Treatment Of Osteoid Osteoma >>

      Daniel E. Prince; Dror Paley; Matthew Harris

      Presented at the MSTS meeting 2013.

 

• Carbon Fiber Intramedullary Nail Fixation in Troublesome Long Bone Fractures & Nonunions >> 

      Daniel C. Allison

 

• Seeing Is Believing: Treatment Of Proximal Humerus Fractures Using A Novel Radiolucent Implant and Its Effect On Reduction Accuracy, Healing Rate, and Functional Outcome>>

      David J. Hak, Cyril Mauffrey, Todd Oliver

      Presented at the EFORT meeting 2013

 

• Case Report: Distal Radius ORIF using a carbon-fiber reinforced PEEK volar plate for treatment of a left displaced intra-articular fracture with loss of height, radial inclination and volar tilt >>                                                                  Adam W. Rives, MD

 

• Implantation of Carbon-Fibers-PEEK Intramedullary Humeral nail for Trauma and Pathological Fracture Fixation – a Multi-Center, International Retrospective accumulated experience >>

      Christoph Rangger, Celenk, Özgün, Yoram Folman, Niksha Koijc

      Presented at the OTA meeting 2013

 

• Quantification of Transmission and Backscatter Factors as a Function of Distance to Inhomogeneity Interface for Three Types of                        Surgical Implant Plates >>

      D. Wilson, M. Mills, B. Wang

      Presented at the AAPM meeting 2014

 

• Preliminary Experience with Carbofix - Radiolucent Distal Fibula Plate In Ankle Fractures >>

      Pietro Maniscalco

      Presented at the AOFAS meeting 2014

 

• Prophylactic Carbon Fiber Nail Fixation in Patients with Musculoskeletal Lesions Requiring Postoperative Surveillance Imaging >>                                    Melissa N. Zimel, Sinchun Hwang, NicolaFabbri, Patrick J. Boland, John .H Healey   Presented at the MSTS meeting 2014.

 

• Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composite Implants in Orthopedic Surgery >>

  David J. Hak; Cyril Mauffrey; David Seligson; Bennie Lindeque 

  Published in Orthopedics 2014; 37(12): 825-830. 

 

• Preliminary experience with Piccolo Composite, a radiolucent distal fibula plate, in ankle fractures >> 

  Marco Caforio a, Dario Perugia, Massimiliano Colombo, Giorgio Maria Calori, Pietro Maniscalco 

      Published in Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 45S (2014) S36–S38

 

• The radiolucent property of new devices permits to study tumor evolution in cases of pathological humeral fractures>>

       Pietro Maniscalco, Marco Caforio, Giulia Groppi, Daniele Vallisa, Luigi Cavanna

       Presented at the EFORT meeting 2015

 

• The Carbon Fiber Intramedullary Nail in Pathological Humeral Shaft Fractures: Two Case Reports >>
  Maniscalco Pietro, Caforio Marco, Groppi Giulia, Vallisa Daniele, Cavanna Luigi     Published in Jacobs Journal of Orthopedics and Rheumatology, Sep. 2015

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• The Carbofix ‘‘Piccolo Proximal femur nail’’: A new perspective for treating proximal femur lesion. A technique report >>

      C. Zoccali , A. Soriani, B. Rossi, N. Salducca, R. Biagini 

      Published at Journal of Orthopaedics 13 (2016) 343–346

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• Comparison between carbon-peek plate and conventional stainless steal plate in ankle fractures. A prospective study of two years follow up >>
  Matteo Guzzini, Riccardo Maria Lanzetti, Domenico Lupariello, Federico Morelli, Giorgio Princi, Dario Perugia, Andrea Ferrett                                                                   Published at Injury. 2017 Mar 27. S0020-1383(17)30160-2

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• Exploring Carbon Fiber Fixation In The Lower Extremity >>

       Michael B. Canales, DPM, FACFAS, Ashley M. Mandela, DPM, Joshua Fisher, DPM,         Bradley Benson, DPM,  Gurneet Khangura, DPM

       Published at Podiatry Today, Volume 30 - Issue 6 - June 2017

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• Carbon-fiber reinforced intramedullary nailing in musculoskeletal tumor surgery: a national multicentric experience of the Italian Orthopaedic Society (SIOT) Bone Metastasis Study Group >>                                                     A. Picciolia, R. Pianab, M. Lisantic, A. Di Martinod, B. Rossie, F. Camnasio, The Italian Orthopaedic Society (SIOT) Bone Metastasis Study Group

       Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 48S3 (2017) S55–S59

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• PEEK radiolucent plate for distal radius fractures: multicentre clinical results at    12 months follow up >>                                                                   Bruno Di Maggio, Pasquale Sessa, Patrizia Mantelli, Pietro Maniscalcoc, Fabrizio Rivera, Giorgio Maria Calori, Luigi Bisogno, Gabriele Scaravillia, Marco Caforio

      Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 48S3 (2017) S34–S38

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• Locking screw-plate interface stability in carbon-fibre reinforced polyetheretherketone proximal humerus plates >>

       Hak DJ, Fader R, Baldini T, Chadayammuri VBS.

       International Orthopaedics (SICOT) DOI 10.1007/s00264-017-3562-7 (2017)

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• Comparison between Carbon-Peek volar locking plates and titanium volar locking plates in the treatment of distal radius fractures >>

       Dario Perugia, Matteo Guzzini, Daniele Mazza, Carlo Iorio, Carolina Civitenga,               Andrea Ferretti

       Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 48S3 (2017) S24–S29

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• Carbon-Fibre-Reinforced PEEK radiolucent intramedullary nail for humeral shaft fracture fixation: technical features and a pilot clinical study >>           N. Kojica, C. Rangger, C. Özgün, J. Lojpur, J. Mueller, Y. Folman, E. Berhbalk,         B. Bakota. Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 48S5 (2017) S8–S11

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• A Retrospective Case Series of Carbon Fiber Plate Fixation of Ankle Fractures >>                                                                                                                      Z. W. Pinter, Kenneth S. Smith, P. W. Hudson, C. W. Jones, R. Hadden, O. Elattar, A. Shah

       Foot & Ankle Specialist vol. 11 / no. 3

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• Early Comparative Outcomes of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Plate in the Fixation of Distal Femur Fractures >>                                                      Mitchell, Phillip, M.; Lee, Adam, K.; Collinge, Cory, A.; Ziran, Bruce, H.; Hartley, Kate; Jahangir, A., Alex

       Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, May 16th, 2018. Published ahead of print

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• Carbon fiber implants aid fixation of extremity fractures in                  oncology cases >>

       Richard W. Gurich Jr., MD; Matthew J. Thompson, MD

       Orthopedics Today, October 2018

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• Use of Carbon Fiber–Reinforced PEEK for Treatment of Femur Fractures: A Small Step for Implants, a Large Step in Fracture Care >>

       Bruce H. Ziran, MD, FACS and Robert Harris, MD

       J Orthop Trauma 2018

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• Carbon Fiber Reinforced PEEK Versus Titanium Tibial Intramedullary Nailing:
  A Preliminary Analysis and Results >>

       E. Kathleen O’Pry, Robert M. Harris MD, Bruce H. Ziran MD FACS

       Presented at the OTA 2019

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