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Multi-Axial Screw Driver

Also called Polyaxial screwdriver

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A pedicle screw driver whose tip seats in the head of the screw, with a knob that threads the screw onto the tip so it is held rigidly in line with the shaft.

Primary uses

What this instrument is on the table to do.

Inserting multi-axial pedicle screws. The screw is loaded by turning the knob clockwise, driven into the prepared pedicle about 50-80% into the vertebral body, then released by turning the knob counterclockwise.

Sizes & variants

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Firebird: Multi-Axial Screw Driver 52-1831; Mono-Axial Screw Driver 52-1830 (same use for mono-axial screws, also used to remove them); Modular Screw Driver 52-1832 (collet tip for modular screws).

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