A long, thin, metal rod designed to guide intramedullary canal devices for performing the implantation of an intramedullary nail to treat damaged bone. The rod is usually manually inserted into the canal to typically guide a surgical instrument (e.g., a rea...
A sterile, long, thin, metal rod designed to guide intramedullary canal devices for performing the implantation of an intramedullary nail to treat damaged bone. The rod is usually manually inserted into the canal to typically guide a surgical instrument (e....
A cylindrical rod-like device used as a precision reference to provide the correct spatial distance between an an intramedullary bone nail (femoral, humeral, tibial) to which it is interfaced, and an aiming arm, joining the two in a relative position. This ...
A cylindrical rod used preoperatively as a precision guide to align an orthopaedic implant aiming arm with, e.g., an intramedullary bone nail (femoral, humeral, and tibial) that will be implanted. It is inserted through the guiding locking holes of the adju...