INTERNAL FIXATOR

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INTRA-MEDULLARY NAIL

For Fx of the middle 3rd or distal 3rd femur. It may be inserted on the trochanter or retrograde approach

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PROXIMAL FEMORAL NAIL

For unstable pertrochanteric, intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric Fx of femur

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CORTICAL SCREW

Used in affix bone plates and implats to the cortical bone

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CANCELLOUS SCREW

Used for screw fixation to large bone fragments with spongy bones. It can be full threated, half threated and tip threated

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CANNULATED SCREW

Used for multiple Fx patterns that allow placement of guidewire for better alignment

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PEDICULAR SCREW AND RODS

Instrumentation for spinal surgery such as scoliosis and spinal fusion

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DYNAMIC COMPRESSION PLATE (DCP)

For long bone uncomplicated fracture lines such as transverse and oblique Fx. It can be mini, narrow or broad

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BUTTRESS PLATE

For Fx of tibia distal 3rd and supracondylar Fx of femur. It can be T-plate, Y-plate or hockey plate

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SEMI-TUBULAR PLATE

For pediatric patients’ long bone Fx. Also, for Fx of the tibia

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RECON PLATE

For Fx of plat bones usually used in facial, clavicular or iliac crest Fx

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CERCLAGE WIRE

For tension band wiring usually used in patellar Fx

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BIPOLAR HIP PROSTHESIS

For patial hip replacement arthroplasty (PHRA).

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BIPOLAR HIP PROSTHESIS WITH ACETABULAR CAP

For total hip replacement arthroplasty (THRA)

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TOTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS

For total knee replacement arthroplasty

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ANTIBIOTIC BEADS

Provides therapeutic effect for osteomyelitis

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ANTIBIOTIC SPACER

Replacement of infected hip prosthesis