lokrod plates

LokRod™ Plates should prove useful as an alternative for more traditional fixation modalities, particularly in the management of comminuted long-bone fractures with only small proximal and distal fragments. In some cases, these new implants even may prove to be the only practical choice.
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SKU
LOK-1024
locking rod plate 2.4/2.7 screws 70mm 4 hole
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SKU: LRP24270470
locking rod plate 2.4/2.7 screw 80mm 4 hole
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SKU: LRP24270480
locking rod plate 2.4/2.7 screw 90mm 4 hole
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SKU: LRP24270490
locking rod plate 2.4/2.7 screw 100mm 4 hole
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SKU: LRP242704100
locking rod plate 2.4/2.7 screws 110mm 4 hole
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SKU: LRP242704110
LokRod™ Plates are devices conceived and designed by David Strong MRCVS. LokRod™ Plates should prove useful as an alternative for more traditional fixation modalities, particularly in the management of comminuted long-bone fractures with only small proximal and distal fragments. In some cases, these new implants even may prove to be the only practical choice. The first sizes to be made available are designed for stabilisation of the feline femur and tibia. These are bones that represent a high proportion of many practices’ fracture caseload and often show a high degree of comminution. Application LokRod™ Plates must be used with standard locking screws with a twin start thread. Locking Implant Drill Guides are required for the use of any twin thread locking screw-holes. At least four cortices must be engaged in each fragment and preferably six in the larger versions. It is mechanically stronger to place the implant as close to the functional axis of the bone as possible, so it is advised to have the underside of the plate holes snugged up to the bone as close as possible. Reduction forceps or a device such as the Copenhagen Plate Assistants will help. Spanning of the whole bone reduces adverse screw loading and will improve implant life as well as reduce the chances of bone splitting at these sites.