Orthopedic medullary nail

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1990-07-03

1991-07-30

Hafer, Robert A.

Surgery

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Orthopedic instrumentation

606 60, 606 62, 606 72, 606 86, 606 74, A61B 1758

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050356976

ABSTRACT:
A tibia medullary pin for the treatment of lower-leg fractures of all kinds has an anterior half (1), a posterior half (2), a proximal end segment (3), and a distal end segment (4), with the longitudinal axes (5;6) of the two end segments (3;4) forming in the antero-posterior plane an angle of 5.degree.-13.degree. with each other. The proximal end segment (3) has a cross-section area (7) that is trigonal in both the anterior (1) and the posterior (2) halves, and overall is approximately rhombic, while the distal end segment (4) has a cross-section area (8) that is approximately trigonal in the anterior half (1) and is approximately semi-spherical in the posterior half (2).

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