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List of orthopedic implants

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List of orthopedic implants

An orthopedic implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing joint or bone or to support a damaged bone. The medical implant is mainly fabricated using stainless steel and titanium alloys for strength and the plastic coating that is done on it acts as an artificial cartilage. Internal fixation is an operation in orthopedics that involves the surgical implementation of implants for the purpose of repairing a bone. Among the most common types of medical implants are the pins, rods, screws and plates used to anchor fractured bones while they heal.

Eponymous implants and their uses

  • Austin-Moore prosthesis : for fracture of the neck of femur
  • Baksi's prosthesis : for elbow replacement
  • Charnley prosthesis : for total hip replacement
  • Condylar blade plate : for condylar fractures of femur
  • Ender's nail : for fixing inter-trochanteric fracture
  • Grosse-Kempf (GK) nail : for tibial or femoral shaft fracture
  • Harrington rod: for fixation of the spine
  • Hartshill rectangle : for fixation of the spine
  • Insall Burstein prosthesis : for total knee replacement
  • Richard N.W. Wohns interspinous implant and implantation instrument : intended to be implanted between two adjacent dorsal spines
  • Kirschner wire : for fixation of small bones
  • Kuntscher nail : for fracture of the shaft of femur
  • Luque rod : for fixation of the spine
  • Moore's pin : for fracture of the neck of femur
  • Neer's prosthesis : for shoulder replacement
  • Rush nail : for diaphyseal fractures of long bone
  • Smith Peterson (SP) nail : for fracture of the neck of femur
  • Smith Peterson nail with McLaughlin's plate : for inter-trochanteric fracture
  • Seidel nail : for fracture of the shaft of humerus
  • Souter's prosthesis : for elbow replacement
  • Steffee plate : for fixation of the spine
  • Steinmann pin : for skeletal traction
  • Swanson prosthesis : for the replacement of joints of the fingers
  • Talwalkar nail : for fracture of radius and ulna
  • Thompson prosthesis : for fracture of the neck of femur

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