Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1991-07-23
1993-03-09
Isabella, David J.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 92, 606 99, 623 23, A61F 236, A61F 504
Patent
active
051922835
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for performing hip prosthesis revision surgery includes preparation of the cavity left after removal of the original prosthesis. A tamp having a longitudinal passageway extending longitudinally through the stem portion thereof and a guidewire positioned in the cavity function to compact bone graft material in the cavity and form a precisely contoured new hip prosthesis receiving cavity.
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Elting James J.
Gie Graham A.
Ling Robin S. M.
Mikhail W. E. Michael
Slooff Tom J. J. H.
Burke Elizabeth M.
Isabella David J.
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