Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1984-02-09
1986-02-11
Peshock, Robert
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128 92B, A61F 504
Patent
active
045693382
ABSTRACT:
This invention provides a sacral fixation screw comprising a housing having an aperture in the top surface thereof for engaging a driving device and an opening extending laterally through the housing, the opening having top and bottom walls which may be double beveled to provide a smaller opening at the center of the housing and a threaded shank extending perpendicularly from the side of the housing opposite to the surface having the aperture therein. The present invention further provides a sacral fixation device comprising the above-mentioned screw and a hook. A method for applying a spinal rod to a patient's sacrum is also disclosed.
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Peshock Robert
Shedd C. W.
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