Tibial osteotomy guide assembly and method

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1982-05-20

1983-12-20

Frinks, Ronald L.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 83, 128 92E, 128303R, 128305, A61F 504, A61B 1718

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044211120

ABSTRACT:
A method and guide assembly for use in a tibial osteotomy wherein two pairs of parallel guide pins are inserted into the tibia at a predetermined angle with respect to each other through a guide block. The adjacent surfaces of the pairs of pins are then used to precisely guide a saw by which a wedge-shaped segment of the tibia is removed.

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"A Jig for Pin Insertion in the Performance of High Tibial Osteotomy" by F. G. Lippert et al., Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Oct. 1975, vol. 112, pp. 242-244.
"The Saab Jig: An Aid in High Tibial Osteotomy", Published in Acta Orthopaedic Scandinavica, 1978, vo. 49, pp. 85-88.

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