Fracture fixation system
A method for repairing a fractured bone includes providing a bone fracture fixation assembly including a plate, an elongated shaft, and a rod. At least a portion of the shaft is threaded, and the shaft has a hole extending therethrough. The hole has an axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The method further includes positioning the plate adjacent the surface of the fractured bone, extending the shaft into the bone, cooperatively engaging the threaded portion of the shaft with a screw receiving aperture of the plate, extending the rod into the bone, and inserting the rod into the hole of the shaft.
1. A bone fracture fixation assembly comprising:
a plate adapted to abut a surface of a bone adjacent a fracture thereof, said plate having a screw receiving aperture therethrough, a lower surface, and an upper surface opposite said lower surface, said aperture being threaded, and said lower surface being adapted to abut the surface of the bone;
an elongated shaft having a distal end, an opposite proximal end, and a length therebetween, said shaft having a longitudinal axis along the length thereof, at least a portion of said shaft being threaded to cooperatively engage said aperture of said plate, said shaft configured to extend into the bone and said shaft engaging said plate such that the longitudinal axis of said shaft is transversely oriented with respect to a portion of said lower surface of said plate, said shaft having a threaded hole extending therethrough, said threaded hole having an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of said shaft, and
a rod configured to extend into the bone and for insertion into said threaded hole of said shaft, said rod having a length greater than the length of said shaft, and said rod having a threaded portion adapted to threadably engage said threaded hole of said shaft, wherein, when said shaft and said rod are positioned with respect to said plate and the bone, said threaded portion of said rod is inserted into said threaded hole, the entirety of said rod is spaced from said plate, and said shaft and said rod are engaged to one another within the bone.
2. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 1 , wherein the axis of said hole is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said shaft.
3. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 1 , wherein the axis of said hole is at an non-perpendicular angle to the longitudinal axis of said shaft.
4. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 1 , wherein said shaft has a threaded portion configured to engage the bone.
5. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 1 , wherein said shaft has a non-threaded portion configured to contact the bone.
6. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 1 , wherein said shaft is a locking screw.
7. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 1 , wherein said rod is a screw.
8. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 1 , wherein said rod has a threaded portion configured to engage the bone.
9. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 1 , wherein said rod has a non-threaded portion configured to contact the bone.
10. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 1 , wherein said rod has a shaft with a distal end and an opposite proximal end, and said distal end of said shaft of said rod being configured to pass through and extend beyond said hole of said elongated shaft.
11. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 1 , wherein said plate includes a length and a width, said length being greater than said width, and said plate being curved along said length.
12. A bone fracture fixation assembly comprising:
a plate adapted to abut a surface of a bone adjacent a fracture thereof, said plate having a screw receiving aperture therethrough, a lower surface, and an upper surface opposite said lower surface, said aperture being threaded, and said lower surface being adapted to abut the surface of the bone;
an elongated shaft having a distal end, an opposite proximal end, and a length therebetween, said shaft having a longitudinal axis along the length thereof, at least a portion of said shaft being threaded to cooperatively engage said aperture of said plate, said shaft configured to extend into the bone and said shaft engaging said plate such that the longitudinal axis of said shaft is transversely oriented with respect to a portion of said lower surface of said plate, said shaft having a hole extending therethrough, said hole having an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of said shaft, and
a rod having a proximal end and a distal end opposite said proximal end, said rod being configured to extend into the bone, said distal end of said rod being adapted for insertion into said hole of said shaft, said rod having at least one of a threaded portion configured to contact the bone and a non-threaded portion configured to contact the bone, said rod having a non-threaded portion configured to fit within said hole of said shaft, wherein, when said shaft and said rod are positioned with respect to said plate and the bone, said proximal end and said distal end of said rod being spaced from said plate, and said shaft and said rod engage one another within the bone.
13. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 12 , wherein said plate includes a length and a width, said length being greater than said width, and said plate being curved along said length.
14. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 12 , wherein said shaft is a locking screw.
15. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 12 , said distal end said rod being configured to pass through and extend beyond said hole of said elongated shaft.
16. A bone fracture fixation assembly comprising:
a plate adapted to abut a surface of a bone adjacent a fracture thereof, said plate having a screw receiving aperture therethrough, a lower surface, and an upper surface opposite said lower surface, said aperture being threaded, and said lower surface being adapted to abut the surface of the bone;
an elongated shaft having a distal end, an opposite proximal end, and a length therebetween, said shaft having a longitudinal axis along the length thereof, at least a portion of said shaft being threaded to cooperatively engage said aperture of said plate, said shaft configured to extend into the bone and said shaft engaging said plate such that the longitudinal axis of said shaft is transversely oriented with respect to a portion of said lower surface of said plate, said shaft having a hole extending therethrough, said hole having an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of said shaft, and
a rod having a proximal end and a distal end opposite said proximal end, said rod being configured to extend into the bone, said rod having a threaded portion configured to engage bone, and said distal end of said rod being configured to pass through and extend beyond said hole of said elongated shaft, wherein, when said shaft and said rod are positioned with respect to said plate and the bone, said rod is inserted into said hole to engage said shaft and the remainder of said rod contacts the bone, and said shaft and said rod engage one another with the bone.
17. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 16 , wherein said hole of said shaft is threaded and said rod has a threaded portion adapted to threadably engage said hole of said shaft.
18. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 16 , wherein said shaft is a locking screw.
19. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 16 , wherein said rod has a non-threaded portion configured to contact the bone.
20. The bone fracture fixation assembly of claim 16 , wherein said rod has a non-threaded portion configured to fit within said hole of said shaft.