Communications Medicine (Dec 2022)

Development and preclinical evaluation of a cable-clamp fixation device for a disrupted pubic symphysis

  • Martin C. Jordan,
  • David Bröer,
  • Christian Fischer,
  • Philipp Heilig,
  • Fabian Gilbert,
  • Stefanie Hölscher-Doht,
  • Charis Kalogirou,
  • Kevin Popp,
  • Jan-Peter Grunz,
  • Henner Huflage,
  • Rafael G. Jakubietz,
  • Süleyman Ergün,
  • Rainer H. Meffert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00227-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Jordan et al. test two titanium cable-clamp implants to reduce pubic symphyseal gapping. Using synthetic bone models and cadaver specimens they show that their implants provide stabilities equivalent to that of a traditional symphyseal plate fixation.