P39 - Development of a universal instrument system for locking intramedullary nails
- Event
- SMSI 2025
2025-05-06 - 2025-05-08
Nürnberg - Band
- Poster
- Chapter
- Poster Session
- Author(s)
- T. Reuter, A. Grundmann, S. Walther - Institut Chemnitzer Maschinen und Anlagenbau e.V., Chemnitz (Germany)
- Pages
- 309 - 310
- DOI
- 10.5162/SMSI2025/P39
- ISBN
- 978-3-910600-06-5
- Price
- free
Abstract
In large animals, fractures of the upper long tubular bones such as forearm and humerus as well as lower and upper leg, continue to represent a major surgical challenge. Fixing these fractures with im-planted nails has proven to be difficult and requires a high level of X-ray monitoring. Therefore, a cam-era-marker system was developed without the need for X-ray monitoring during drilling. The results showed that 8 of 10 implants could be securely fixed. However, the described method has great potential in both veterinary and human medicine and does not require X-ray exposure.