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PAN1-0458-EN | D | Toe Dislocation Repair with CPR™ Implant System

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Toe Dislocation Repair with CPR™ Implant System

Dislocation of the second toe is usually due to a tear of a ligament on the plantar aspect of the foot plantar plate. A vertical incision is made over the second toe to expose the torn ligament. A metal spoon like instrument is utilized to prepare the working space. The second toe is temporarily shortened by making a cut on one of the ends, improving the visualization in the surgical field to repair the plantar plate. A metal wire is used to maintain that displacement. The upper remaining portion of the shortened bone shelf is measured, and three millimeters is cut with a special set of pliers. A second metal wire is placed in a vertical fashion on the other bone of the exposed joint. A special clamp is used over the two metal wires to distract the space. The remaining attachments of the plantar plate are released for easier grasping. The back of the phalanx is roughed up with a special rasp. Strong sutures FiberWire are passed through the plantar plate with the use of a special clamp. Scorpion or suture passers. A grasp stitch is obtained to pull on the plantar plate. Two holes are drilled on the phalanx, and suture passes are used to retrieve the sutures, grasping on the plantar plate out to the upper aspect of the bone. The first metal wire holding the temporary shortening of the bone is removed, and the cut is fixed with two screws. The sutures are tied down over the proximal phalanx and the skin is closed. Finishing the repair of the plantar plate.

Toe Dislocation Repair with CPR™ Implant System

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