The paraskeletal clamp-on plate. Part I. A new alternative for retaining the surgically reduced position of bone fractures.
A paraskeletal clamp-on plate has been developed which maintains the operatively reduced position of a fractured long bone during the healing phase while having a minimal effect on the healing process. The plate consists of a central ridge with paired finger-like projections on each side, constructed in such a manner that on head-on projection the ridge and two projections form just more than a semicircle. The points of the projections, which are wedge-shaped and bent at right -angles towards the centre, are squeezed into the bone with a crimping tool. The technique is simple, the operating time significantly shortened and the healing time notably reduced; fracture union is sound without signs of disuse osteopenia, stress protection or damage to the bony architecture due to drill holes. A second removal operation is not needed and the complication incidence is remarkably low, as is the financial outlay.
D001860:Bone Plates; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000601:surgery