System for performing hip prosethesis revision surgery

Details System for performing hip prosethesis revision surgery System for performing hip prosethesis revision surgery

1991-06-04

1992-04-28

Hafer, Robert A.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 80, A61B 1756

Patent

active

051084058

ABSTRACT:
A system for performing hip prosthesis revision surgery includes a trial femoral component having a passageway which, upon insertion in the cavity left after removal of the original prosthesis, provides guide means for drilling a channel to receive a guide wire which, upon removal of the trial femoral component, serves as guide means for progressively larger reamers.

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Article entitled "Economy is the mother of a cement removal technique", Orthopedics Today, pp. 18 & 19, Sep. 1989.

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