Case Studies

Elbow Case Studies

Three-Part Radial Head Fracture Treated with Mayo Clinic Radial Head Plate
A 54-year-old male, who was showing off for his daughters on a Bongo board, fell on an outstretched ...
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Open Distal Humerus and Olecranon Fractures Treated with Mayo Congruent Elbow Plates
The patient sustained a high-energy severe open fracture of the distal humerus and proximal ulna, wi...
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Supracondylar Humerus Fracture Treated with Mayo Clinic Congruent Elbow Plates and Acutrak
The patient is a 63 year-old right hand dominant male attorney who sustained a right supracondylar h...
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Comminuted Distal Humerus Fracture Treated with Mayo Congruent Elbow Plates
The patient sustained a comminuted distal humerus fracture. While the plain film suggests this might...
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Distal Humerus Non-Union Treated with Mayo Clinic Congruent Elbow Plates
The patient was referred for treatment of a distal humerus nonunion. She had her fracture treated in...
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Distal humeral plating of Polarus Plus peri-prosthetic fracture using Congruent Elbow Plates
72 year old gentleman he had a displaced distal humeral peri-prosthetic fracture about the Polarus P...
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Olecranon Osteotomy Non-Union Revised with Mayo Congruent Olecranon Plate
The patient sustained a complete brachial plexus avulsion of his dominant right arm, which has remai...
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Coronoid Fracture treated with Mayo Clinic Congruent Coronoid Plate
The patient sustained an injury to the elbow with radiographic evidence of a small coronoid fracture...
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Delayed Left Union of the Ulna Treated With Ulna Rod
69 year old female with a fracture of the left ulna. Open reduction internal fixation with compressi...
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Hand & Wrist Case Studies

Hub Cap Limited Wrist Fusion Plate used in treament of right wrist sprain
22 year old male suffered a forceful volar flexion injury while playing football, was treated using ...
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Mini Hub / STT Fusion Plate used in treament of Scapholunate instability of right wrist
25 year old male hyperflexed wrist while playing football in 2004. Mini Hub / STT Fusion Plate used ...
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Comminuted Intra-articular Distal Radius Fracture Treated with Stableloc
61 year old truck driver who fell on his left extended upper extremity sustaining a communuted intra...
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Lower Extremity Case Studies

Midfoot Fusion Using 3 Hole Glide Plate
The patient is a 41 year old police officer who suffered a Lisfranc fracture dislocation that was un...
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Screw/Pin Fixation Case Studies

Repair of a Subtalar Arthrodesis using Acutrak Screws
A 58 year old male underwent a subtalar arthrodesis for a ruptured posterior tibial tendon. A painfu...
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DIP Fusion Treated With Acutrak Fusion Screw
71 year old female is right hand dominant with 9 months of painful DIP join right index finger with ...
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Great Toe IP Joint Revision Using Acutrak Fusion Screw
Patient had a failed arthrodesis of the right great toe due to contributory neglect. The patient und...
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DIP Fusion Treated With Mini Acutrak
55 year old female with a long history of rheumatoid arthritis and a history of implant arthroplasty...
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Proximal pole scaphoid fracture fixed with Acutrak Mini
The patient underwent percutaneous fixation of the scaphoid using a 16mm Mini Acutrak screw on 6-12-...
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Proximal pole scaphoid non-union fixed with Acutrak Mini Screw
The patient had a bone grafting and fixation with an 18mm Mini Acutrak screw on 2-14-00
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Humeral head repair using Acutrak screws
Patient suffered a gunshot wound to the right shoulder which resulted in intra-articular fracture of...
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Cryopreserved size-matched lateral femoral condylar allograft fixed with Acutrak screws
Cryopreserved lateral meniscal allograft using the keyhole technique and cryopreserved size-matched...
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Femoral Condylar Allograft Fixed With Acutrak Screws
32 year old avid female runner complete lateral menisectomy for a complex tear of a discoid lateral ...
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Patellar Fracture Fixed With Acutrak Screws And Tension Band Wire
22-year-old male sustained a comminuted right patellar fracture. He was treated with open reduction ...
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OCD Treated With Acutrak Screws
20 year old male had several year history of left knee pain and swelling. e was treated with open re...
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Hallux Valgus Treated With Acutrak Screw
36-year-old female hairstylist with a prominence around her metatarsal heads, with hallux valgus and...
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Navicular Fracture Treated With Acutrak Screws
22-year-old male sustained a comminuted fracture of the navicular of his left foot. He was taken to ...
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Lateral Malleolus Avulsion Fracture treated with Acutrak Screw
13-year-old female sustained an injury playing softball. Treatment: Anatomic reduction with a 30mm A...
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1st and 5th metatarsal osteotomies fixed with Acutrak screw
Patient with pain dorsal aspect of 1st metatarsal head due to elevated 1st metatarsal (Dorsal Bunio...
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Displaced Olecranon Fracture Treated with Tension Band Pins
74 year old woman slipped and fell onto outstretched right arm. No other injuries.
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Shoulder Case Studies

Displaced Clavicle Fracture repaired with a Congruent Clavicle Plate
A 26 year old male with a displaced clavicle fracture that tented the skin was treated with a Congru...
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Clavicle Non-Union treated with a Congruent Clavicle Plate
A 65 year old female with a three year history of clavicle non-union and a history of ORIF was treat...
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Clavicle and Glenoid Neck Fracture treated with a Congruent Clavicle Plate
A 42 year old male carpenter sustained a ipsilateral clavicle fracture and glenoid neck fracture.
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Clavicle Non-Union treated with a tubular plate.
A 28 year old male sustained a clavicle fracture and was treated with a tubular plate.
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Bi-Lateral Clavicle Fractures treated with a Congruent Clavicle Plate.
A 28 year old male sustains bi-lateral clavicle fractures that were treated with a Congruent Clavicl...
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Four-Part Proximal Humerus Fracture treated with Polarus Modular Shoulder
76 year old white female S/P fall sustains four-part humeral fracture.
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Bilateral Proximal Humerus Fractures treated with Polarus Modular Shoulder
42 year old white male sustains seizure. Bilateral proximal humerus fractures
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Hemiarthroplasty Revision revised with Polarus Modular Shoulder
68 year old white female with painful prosthesis. Loose stem. Broken wires.
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Hemiarthroplasty Peri-prosthetic Fracture revised with Polarus Modular Shoulder
72 year old white female, with six years S/P TSA. Sustained fracture secondary to fall. Failed plate...
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Hemiarthroplasty Tumor treated with Polarus Modular Shoulder
25 year old black female with aggressive giant cell tumor.
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Hemiarthroplasty Metastatic Tumor treated with Polarus Modular Shoulder
55 year old white male with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
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