Method of dorsal wrist fracture fixation
AssigneeHand Innovations, Inc.
InventorJorge L. Orbay
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Abstract
A dorsal fracture is treated from the volar side by using a T-shaped plate opposite the fracture. The plate is positioned against the volar side of the radial bone, a plurality of bone screws secure the plate along a non-fractured portion of the radial bone, and a plurality of bone pegs extend from the plate and into the bone fragments of the fracture. A support portion of the plate is provided distal of the bone pegs and supports comminuted bone fragments. One or more channels are optionally provided in the plate to receive wires which are adapted to anchor distal bone fragments to the plate. The plate is adapted in strength and materials to withstand the large bending forces thereon.
Claims14
A method of stabilizing a dorsal wrist fracture, comprising:
- a) retracting tissue from a volar side of a radius bone;
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- b) attaching a stabilizing plate to the volar side of the radius bone substantially opposite the dorsal wrist fracture.
A method of stabilizing a dorsal wrist fracture, comprising:
- a) providing a plate having an elongate body portion and a head portion transverse to the body portion, the body portion including a plurality of screw holes and the head portion including a plurality of threaded peg holes;
- b) screwing a screw through one of the screw holes to attach the plate to a volar side of a radius bone substantially opposite the dorsal wrist fracture;
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- c) providing pegs through the plurality of peg holes and into at least one fragment of the fracture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.