A NEW RADIATION-FREE AIMING TECHNIQUE FOR THE DISTAL LOCKING SCREWS OF THE UNREAMED TIBIAL NAIL (UTN)

Authors
KRETTEK C KONEMANN B FAROUK O KROMM A TSCHERNE H
Citation
C. Krettek et al., A NEW RADIATION-FREE AIMING TECHNIQUE FOR THE DISTAL LOCKING SCREWS OF THE UNREAMED TIBIAL NAIL (UTN), Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie, 1996, pp. 947-950
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00238236
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
2
Pages
947 - 950
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-8236(1996):<947:ANRATF>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A mechanical aiming device for the placement of distal locking screws of the unreamed tibial nail (UTN) has been developed. At the level of the distal nail end, a roughly placed ''contact hole'' is drilled (dia meter, 6.0 mm). An asymmetric spacer is inserted through this contact hole, placed directly onto the nail and connected with the aiming arm. By this re-adjustment, the direction and the plane of both distal tra nsverse holes are defined and can be drilled. A medial spacer re-adjus ts the aiming arm for the ap hole.