Kingston General Hospital Operating Room Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Surgery
Classification
Orthopedic Surgery
Surgery
Accession Number
997034036
Description
Long, straight, solid, rounded bar-like instrument, trocar-pointed very sharp tip with three flat sides narrowing to a very sharp point; attached to the bar 3.8 cm from the proximal end is a flat, triangular flange with a 1.2 cm circle cut out.
Long, straight, solid, rounded bar-like instrument, trocar-pointed very sharp tip with three flat sides narrowing to a very sharp point; attached to the bar 3.8 cm from the proximal end is a flat, triangular flange with a 1.2 cm circle cut out.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Used in the Kingston General Hospital Operating Room.
Stamped on flange: "2 [enclosed in a circle] 405-6"; right side has "500259"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E2-10
Length
66.0 cm
Width
2.8 cm
Depth
0.5 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 66.0 cm x Width 2.8 cm x Depth 0.5 cm
Condition Remarks
Metal shows a few scratches
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"De Puy Catalogue," 1993, p. 22 (identical to item shown)
Research Facts
Used for guiding a femoral fixation nail through the fracture site when reducing a fractured femur; flange acts as a stop point; a bar is slid through the hole to extract the guide pin from the femur when the femoral nail is in the correct position.