Device and method for positioning and holding bone fragments in

Details Device and method for positioning and holding bone fragments in Device and method for positioning and holding bone fragments in

1995-03-14

1997-01-07

Buiz, Michael Powell

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 60, A61B 1756

Patent

active

055911692

ABSTRACT:
A bone organizer or template for positioning K-wires or the like in bone fragments and holding the K-wires in place while the fracture mends is described. The invention also provides a simplified method of reducing a distal radius fracture by placing a plurality of K-wires into the bone fragments of the fracture in a plurality of planes, and after the K-wires are inserted into the bone fragments, they are inserted into a bone organizer and anchored in place to the bone organizer to hold the bone fragments together while mending.

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