radial head prosthesis
System for radial head replacement consists of:
- implants,
- instrument set,
- instructions for use and surgical technique.
INDICATIONS:
Indications for the radial head replacement in the case of comminuted fracture (Type III according to Mason Classification) are the following coexisting injuries:
- dislocation of the elbow joint together with radial head fracture;
- injury of the medial collateral ligament;
- injury of the lateral collateral ligament;
- Monteggia type injury with the olecranon fracture and the radial head fracture;
- fracture of the major part of the coronoid process (Types II and III);
- coexisting injury of the distal radioulnar joint (Essex-Lopresti type) or injury of the interosseus membrane;
- As a combination of the above – complex injury and instability.
The presented prostheses are made of a cobalt alloy compliant with ISO 5832 and from PEEK-OPTIMA® Wear Performance material compliant with ISO 10993-1.
The implants and instrumentation were developed in collaboration with Professor Stanisław Pomianowski, who at the time served as Head of the Department of Trauma Surgery of the Musculoskeletal System and Orthopaedics at the Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education in Otwock.
