Fixin internal fixator: Concept and technique

M. Petazzoni; A. Urizzi; B. Verdonck; G. Jaeger

doi:10.3415/VCOT-09-10-0108

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2010; 23(04): 250-253
DOI: 10.3415/VCOT-09-10-0108

Brief Communication

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Fixin internal fixator: Concept and technique

M. Petazzoni

¹Clinica Veterinaria Milano Sud, Peschiera Borromeo (MI), Italy

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A. Urizzi

²Clinica Veterinaria Dott., Urizzi, San Michele al Tagliamento (VE), Italy

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B. Verdonck

³Huisdierchirurgie, Boechout, Belgium

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G. Jaeger

⁴VCA Newark, Newark, Delaware, USA

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Abstract

Summary

This report describes the Fixin internal fixator system[a], a fracture fixation device characterised by a locking conical coupling between screw heads and titanium alloy inserts that are screwed into a stainless steel plate construct. The mechanical principles, implants, instruments and surgical technique are discussed.

Keywords

Internal fixator - osteosynthesis - locking plates - angle-stable plates - conical coupling

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