Upper tibial osteotomy system
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1. A surgical kit for performing an upper tibia osteotomy, said kit comprising:
- a transverse alignment guide assembly having at least one cutting blade alignment slot for guiding a cutting blade to cut a first slot in a tibia;
an osteotomy guide comprising mounting means for attaching the guide in a predetermined relation to the first cut, said osteotomy guide having a plurality of aligned parallel cutting blade slots formed therein, said slots being angularly offset from the first slot so that a cutting blade passing through any one of the cutting blade slots will intersect the first slot thereby defining wedge shaped bones of different angular dimensions; and
a fixation plate adapted to be secured to the tibia and to hold surfaces of the tibia created by the first and second cuts in proper relationship to each other during the healing of the tibia by new bone growth.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing an upper tibia osteotomy comprising cutting a wedge from the bone using a first guide assembly to cut a first slot partially through a bone and a second guide assembly to cut a second intersecting slot to define a wedge shaped bone segment. An external compressor device draws the osteotomy closed by plastic deformation of the unsevered portion of the bone. The bone is secured by a plate and screws.
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1. A surgical kit for performing an upper tibia osteotomy, said kit comprising:
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a transverse alignment guide assembly having at least one cutting blade alignment slot for guiding a cutting blade to cut a first slot in a tibia; an osteotomy guide comprising mounting means for attaching the guide in a predetermined relation to the first cut, said osteotomy guide having a plurality of aligned parallel cutting blade slots formed therein, said slots being angularly offset from the first slot so that a cutting blade passing through any one of the cutting blade slots will intersect the first slot thereby defining wedge shaped bones of different angular dimensions; and a fixation plate adapted to be secured to the tibia and to hold surfaces of the tibia created by the first and second cuts in proper relationship to each other during the healing of the tibia by new bone growth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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