Mako Femoral Cortical Screw
Femoral Cortical Screw · Cortical Array Screw · Variable Angle Fixation Screw
A threaded bone screw with a toothed flange under its head. The femoralFEM-er-ulRelating to the thigh or the femur, the thigh bone.Full entry array, the tracker for the femur, plugs into its head.
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What it’s for
Holds the femoralFEM-er-ulRelating to the thigh or the femur, the thigh bone.Full entry array on the proximalPROK-sih-mulNearer the center of the body, or nearer the place where a part is attached.Full entry femur in the Mako total hip enhanced femoral workflow, so the camera can track the femur for guided neck resectionrih-SEK-shunSurgery to remove part of an organ or tissue.re- back, againsect to cut-ion processFull entry , broach and stem tracking, and hip length and offset after reduction. It goes in after the exposure, at the spot the screen shows, before the femoral checkpoint and femoral registration. The express workflow does not use it.
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- Mako Surgical Corp (Stryker). MAKOplasty Total Hip Application Surgical Technique (THA 3.1, PN 212027 Rev 00). 2015. p. 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 48
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