Apparatus and method for treatment of comminuted Colles' fractur

Details Apparatus and method for treatment of comminuted Colles' fractur Apparatus and method for treatment of comminuted Colles' fractur

1981-03-23

1983-10-18

Howell, Kyle L.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 92A, A61F 504

Patent

active

044099703

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for the treatment of communited Colles' fracture are described herein which include a kit comprising first and second stainless steel bone screws having self-tapping points and being about seven sixty-fourths inch in diameter. The bone screws include threaded portions of about one inch and one and one-half inches, respectively, and also include eye portions. The kit also includes a stainless steel wire bow having a pair of straight side portions and an interconnecting generally V-shaped intermediate portion. The surgical kit further includes an elongated, elastic material for connection between the intermediate portion of the wire bow and one of the bone screws to apply a traction force for facilitating healing of the fracture. Also disclosed herein is a method for the treatment of a Colles' fracture which includes closed reduction of the fracture, insertion of a first bone screw into the second metacarpal and a second bone screw into the ulna adjacent the elbow, applying a plaster cast to the patient's forearm incorporating the ulnar bone screw incorporating a wire bow into the cast, and connecting an elastic material between the wire bow and the metacarpal bone screw to apply a traction force on the metacarpal bone screw.

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