apparatus for endoscopic minimally invasive orthopaedic plattenverfahren

摘要

A bone plating apparatus includes a handle (304) having extending therefrom a tissue expander (308) for insertion through a skin incision and through the subcutaneous tissue surrounding a fractured bone. A bone plate (316) may be secured to the handle during advancement of the tissue expander so as to deliver the bone plate to a desired location proximate to the fractured bone. Both the tissue expander and the bone plate may be advanced to the desired location proximate to the fractured bone under the visualization of an endoscope (330). A screw alignment jig (318) is secured to the handle and has a guide hole (326) which aligns with an access hole (324) of the tissue expander. The alignment of the guide hole and the access hole allow for percutaneous screw insertion into the delivered bone plate. IMAGE