2.0mm asym plates

When plating fractures in the proximal or distal third of a bone, unless the surgeon resorts to either using a shorter plate than desirable or modifying the plate to remove holes at one end, standard ‘off-the-shelf’ compression plates can be impossible to apply whilst maintaining the gap between the two sets of screw holes over the fracture line. This is because these plates are essentially symmetrical. Plate modification to remove holes is time consuming, wasteful and without the right equipment and attention to detail, can leave a sharp or rough end that can hold bacteria and irritate soft tissues or leave contaminants on the plate surface. ASYM® Plates offer a simple ‘off-the shelf’ solution to this familiar problem and are available in the same standard thicknesses and widths as standard compression plates, but with an asymmetric hole arrangement that makes them significantly more suitable for these fractures. The shorter side of ASYM® Plates carry either three or four round holes. Round holes have some benefits. They can be packed closer together than compression slots – this helps the surgeon to maximise screw count in the smaller fragment and makes ASYM® Plates more adaptable to fragment length. Round holes are also intrinsically more stable than compression slots and where space is at a premium, this may make all of the difference between success and failure. The longer side carries regular compression holes in standard spacing to permit compression as normal. ASYM® Plates are priced to match the equivalent length of compression plate. There are 70 plates in the ASYM® range, which covers 2.0mm, 2.4mm 2.7mm, 3.5mm, and 3.5mm broad sizes.