List of orthopedic implants

Eponymous implants and their uses

• Austin-Moore prosthesis : for fracture of the neck of femur
• Baksi's prosthesis : for elbow replacement
• Charnley prosthesis : for total hip replacement
• Condylar blade plate : for condylar fractures of femur
• Ender's nail : for fixing inter-trochanteric fracture
• Grosse-Kempf nail : for tibial or femoral shaft fracture
• pin, a hook-pin used for fractures of the femoral neck.
• Harrington rod: for fixation of the spine
• Hartshill rectangle : for fixation of the spine
• Insall Burstein prosthesis : for total knee replacement
• Richard N.W. Wohns interspinous implant and implantation instrument : intended to be implanted between two adjacent dorsal spines
• Kirschner wire : for fixation of small bones
• Kuntscher nail : for fracture of the shaft of femur
• Luque rod : for fixation of the spine
• Moore's pin : for fracture of the neck of femur
• Neer's prosthesis : for shoulder replacement
• Rush nail : for diaphyseal fractures of long bone
• Smith Peterson nail : for fracture of the neck of femur
• Smith Peterson nail with McLaughlin's plate : for inter-trochanteric fracture
• Seidel nail : for fracture of the shaft of humerus
• Souter's prosthesis : for elbow replacement
• Steffee plate : for fixation of the spine
• Steinmann pin : for skeletal traction
• Swanson prosthesis : for the replacement of joints of the fingers
• Talwalkar nail : for fracture of radius and ulna
• Thompson prosthesis : for fracture of the neck of femur

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