FIELD: medicine, in particular, traumatology, orthopedics. SUBSTANCE: device may be used for correction or prevention of serious scoliotic deformations of vertebral column. Distractor has circular recesses over entire length of rod. It is provided with clamps for its installation on sacrum, as well as hooks and facilities for their fixing on rod. Operating ends of hooks are sharpened. Operating end of upper hook is perpendicular to plane of longitudinal axis of symmetry of hook body. On remaining hooks (2-6 pieces) operating end is shifted relative to axis of symmetry. EFFECT: reliable fixing of device. 2 cl, 1 dwg
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1999-05-20—Published
1997-12-24—Filed