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Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery 3/2015

01-03-2015 | Trauma Surgery

A special instrument to accurately and safely remove the femoral head

Authors: Helin Feng, Jin Wang, Yingze Zhang

Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | Issue 3/2015

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Abstract

Background

Intracapsular hip fractures occur frequently, and most of them need operation. But current femoral head removal instruments used in the operation have many disadvantages. We optimized them.

Methods

We added a sleeve to the cork screw to strengthen the torque created by it. A scale is also added to the joint of the sleeve and the cork screw, which can be used to measure the depth of insertion.

Discussion

The optimized instrument decreased the risk and saved the time of operation.
Literature
1.
Frank C, von AM, Vock B, Wentzensen A, Grutzner PA, Guehring T (2011) Autologous bone cylinder transplantation with cannulated screw re-stabilisation: a new treatment option for delayed fracture healing of the femoral neck. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 131(11):1509–1518CrossRefPubMed
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Gareth M, Steven H (2014) Aid to femoral head removal. Tech Orthop 29: Num 1
Metadata
Title
A special instrument to accurately and safely remove the femoral head
Authors
Helin Feng
Jin Wang
Yingze Zhang
Publication date
01-03-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0936-8051
Electronic ISSN: 1434-3916
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-015-2152-7

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