Patent ID: 6206880
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for percutaneous intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures, comprising the steps of:placing a patient on a traction or fracture table;placing an injured leg of said patient so that a knee joint of said injured leg is flexed approximately 90.degree. at a joint line;preparing the skin of said injured leg within an intended incision region and draping regions of said injured leg surrounding said incision region;making an incision adjacently to a patella of said injured leg;creating a tunnel behind a patellar tendon of said injured leg, by means of a first tool, in a direction towards a tibial cortex of a tibia of said injured leg;penetrating said tibial cortex with a second tool and removing said second tool;penetrating through said tibial cortex further into a medullary channel of said tibia with a third tool and removing said third tool;inserting an intramedullary nail into said medullary channel through said incision; wherein the incision is made medially or laterally to said patella and perpendicularly to said joint line.