FIELD: medicine; traumatology.
SUBSTANCE: plate has bone part, proximal and distal department and it is made to follow curves of front surface of thighbone. There is curve made at an angle between distal and proximal parts. There are re oval openings for screws are made in proximal department, which screws go through both cortical layers of femoral neck. Four round opening s are made in distal department for screws passing through two cortical layers. Plate can be used by elder patients and by patients suffering from osteoporosis.
EFFECT: bone fixation of petrochanteric fractures of thing bone.
5 cl, 2 dwg
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Dates
2007-02-20—Published
2005-02-21—Filed