Revision Solution for Failed 4th Metatarsal Head Arthroplasty: You’ll never see a Smart Toe, Arrow-LOK, TenFUSE, Extemifuse, nor HammerLock implanted for this indication. The surgeon was really backed into a corner with this patient. His patient walked into the office complaining of chronic toe pain from a previous surgery. This patient was unable to tolerate the pain any further. Its little situations like this which do not provide an easy remedy, that can make care more complex. Challenge: The pre-operative x-ray tells the story related to the cause. Yet it also provided observation for solution options. But with a portion of the cortices sacrificed from both sides of the IP joint, as well as the extended space left from the previous surgery, the surgeon was left with few options to attain the goal of primary fixation unto fusion. Solution: The 2.0mm Digital Intramedullary Fusion implant was the perfect implant of choice because being partially threaded in conjunction with a threaded head design, circumferential cortical compression in tandem with restoration of anatomic correction, was attained. The surgeon was objectively satisfied as the intramedullary lag effect simply kicked in, unto final tightness. For more information see the Vilex Digital Fusion Screw System.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:02:47 +0000
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