YOU NAILED IT! (FEMORAL NAIL BASICS)
This femoral nailing system has no distal lateral bend in the tip of the nail
What is the PNP femur?
This screw is able to bring two pieces of bone together by compressing them
What is a lag screw?
The Founder of OrthoPediatrics
Who is Neck Deeter?
The market leader in physeal tethering when OP got into the market
Who is OrthoFix?
90°, 100°, 110°, 120°, 130°, 140°, 150°
What are the angles of the LPF system?
This femoral nailing system has a proximal body with a 15° lateral bend
What is the PediNail?
This plate is designed to compress two segments of bone together
What is a compression plate?
The year OrthoPediatrics was incorporated
What is 2006?
This screw has a smaller head than the original PediPlate screws
What is the Low Profile Screw?
Bio-dur
What is the material of the cannulated screws with LPF?
This femoral nail system requires the use of an exchange tube and a 2.0mm guide wire for all the nails
What is PediNail?
AO stands for this
What is Association for the Study of Internal Fixation?
This was the first product OrthoPediatrics sold
What is the 4.0mm cannulated screw?
This is the diameter of the guide wire for PediPlates
What is 1.25mm?
These screws go over a 1.6mm guide wire
What are the 3.5mm cannulated screws with LPF?
Surgeon who developed and designed PediNail with OrthoPediatrics
Who is Eric Gordon?
This type of plate is used to span an area of comminuted bone
What is a bridge plate?
This is the original address of OrthoPediatrics offices
What is 210 North Buffalo?
What is 3.2 mm?
This is a process whereby an implant is machined using an electrified wire to cut the implant out of solid metal
What is a wire EDM?
Engineer who was the lead on the original design of PediNail and the instruments
Who is Mark Landes?
The AO Founding Fathers
Who are Muller, Allgower, Schneider, and Willeneger?
This is the original person in charge of Finance and Legal at OP
Who is Greg Odle?
This plate had no center hole
What is the original PediPlate with a laser etch?
This is a process whereby a round tube of stainless steel is turned into a flat piece of metal that increases its strength
What is cold rolling?