Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1992-12-09
1994-05-03
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 90, 128 20, A61F 232, A61B 1702
Patent
active
053083490
ABSTRACT:
A method of performing knee surgery and retractors and a femoral distractor for use in performing such method are provided, said retractors including a PCL tibial retractor, lateral patellar retractor, collateral ligament retractor, posterior cruciate ligament retractor and unicompartmental retractor designed to cooperate with one another in performing such method.
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