FIELD: medical equipment. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has threaded rod 1, brackets 2 movable along rod 1 and composed of square portions 3, and flat hooks 4 extending from adjacent sides of square portions 3 in mutually perpendicular position. Brackets are drawn together and fixed by nuts 5, and nuts are blocked by lock nuts 6. Apparatus may be used to treat spine in case of disabled front and rear parts of spinal column as a result of spine trauma and diseases and hemilaminectomy operation. Apparatus allows vertebrae to be stabilized in two mutually perpendicular planes for preventing vertebrae from front-rear and lateral dislocation. EFFECT: increased efficiency, simplified construction and enhanced reliability in operation. 3 dwg
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1997-10-27—Published
1994-07-12—Filed