Francis John A.

Casabuena 06-20-2014
Junior Intern
Implants and their uses
1. Austin-Moore prosthesis : for fracture of the neck of femur
2. Baksi's prosthesis : for elbow replacement
3. Buttress plate : for condylar fractures of tibia
4. Charnley prosthesis : for total hip replacement
5. Condylar blade plate : for condylar fractures of femur
Dynamic compression plate
6. Ender's nail : for fixing inter-trochanteric fracture
7. Grosse-Kempf (GK) nail : for tibial or femoral shaft fracture
8. Gamma nail : for peri-trochanteric fractures
9. Harrington rod: for fixation of the spine
10. Hartshill rectangle : for fixation of the spine
11. Insall Burstein prosthesis : for total knee replacement
12. Interlocking nail : for femoral or tibial shaft fractures
13. Kirschner wire : for fixation of small bones
14. Kuntscher nail : for fracture of the shaft of femur
15. Luque rod : for fixation of the spine
16. Moore's pin : for fracture of the neck of femur
17. Neer's prosthesis : for shoulder replacement
18. Rush nail : for diaphyseal fractures of long bone
19. Smith Peterson (SP) nail : for fracture of the neck of femur
20. Smith Peterson nail with McLaughlin's plate : for inter-trochanteric fracture
21. Seidel nail : for fracture of the shaft of humerus
22. Souter's prosthesis : for elbow replacement
23. Steffee plate : for fixation of the spine
24. Steinmann pin : for skeletal traction
25. Swanson prosthesis : for the replacement of joints of the fingers
26. Talwalkar nail : for fracture of radius and ulna
27. Thompson prosthesis : for fracture of the neck of femur
28. Unicompartmental knee : for partial knee replacement