Condylar Buttress DCP Plate
Condylar Buttress DCP Plate
Discription: - wide cloverleaf framed plate which is intended to butress comminuted supracondylar breaks; - this plate could likewise be especially shown for comminuted distal cracks w/a coronal shear frx; - plate is intended to form to the horizontal component of the distal femoral cortex; - Signs: - for outrageous comminution including the horizontal femoral condyle - for several intra-articular frx in the coronal or sagittal plane; - assuming there is a coronal airplane frx, exclusively contraption that can be utilized w/any unwavering quality is condylar butress plate; - whenever comminution is serious, an average support plate is expected to stop varus settling of the crack; - assuming there was once a coronal cut up frx (or a frx w/in most distal two cm of femur, neither an edge plate nor a distal condylar screw will secure more than adequate purchase in the remade condyles; - Burdens and Complications: - bother w/this plate is that screws going through the distal drill openings do now not have a consistent relationship to the plate; - thus plate could likewise make a distracton or pressure force, creating a varus distortion w/interruption or valgus deformation w/ pressure; - screw head/plate intersection of condylar support plate is currently not inflexibly locked, and thusly can slip with early stacking of frx; - varus distortion: - early wtbearing on unhealed frx may furthermore outcome in varus distortion; - impacted individual should avoid wtbearing ambulation till frx has mended, but early activity of knee is permitted; - Careful Stratedgy: - slanted markdown is generally utilized w/the femoral distractor; - practically identical broad unique pressure plate, which holds six, 6.5 mm cancellous screws; - continually ponder onconsideration practice bone join medially as appropriately as an average brace plate;
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