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IM IMPLANT USED IN 100TH PELVIC FRACTURE PATIENT (by ELIZABETH HOFHEINZ, M.P.H., M.ED at Orthopedics This Week)
The body has not straight lines. Finally, surgeons who need to stabilize pelvic fractures have a curved intramedullary nail available—one that has now been implanted in more than 100 patients.
The manufacturer and developer, Bellevue, Washington-based CurvaFix, Inc. announced the completion of the 100th surgical procedure using its novel IM nail to repair a pelvic fragility fracture. The surgery was performed by orthopedic trauma surgeon Brett D. Crist, M.D., director of the Orthopaedic Trauma Service and Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship at University Hospital at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
The patient, a 70-year-old female with osteoporosis, had fallen a few months back and nonoperative measures to treat her fracture were not successful and she continued to have limited mobility and pain. She was referred to Dr. Crist for the CurvaFix Implant procedure.
According to Dr. Crist, “The patient tolerated the minimally invasive procedure very well. The CurvaFix Implant was easily steered around existing lumbosacral fusion hardware from...
