Features & Benefits
- Stable, it allows partial weight-bearing
- Improved* X-ray visualization of the fracture pattern
- Versatile, ambidextrous design can be adapted to different patient sizes and calcaneal axes
- Easy-to-use, thanks to the reduced instrumentation needed
- Provided in a ready-to-use sterile set
- Quicker* to apply thanks to the simplified and reduced operative steps
* Compared to the previous version
PATIENT BENEFITS
- The external fixation for the treatment of calcaneal fractures provides a good and stable reduction, and minimizes soft tissue complications due to open surgery1,2
- It is a minimally invasive procedure, compared to internal fixation with locking plates, and can minimize surgical time and complications due to surgical exposure1,2
- The use of the external fixator enables early mobilization and a full weight-bearing at 4 weeks, thereby reducing stiffness and healing time1,2
SURGEON BENEFITS
- The new design of CalcFix Plus Fixator uses less steel, which allows for improved x-ray visualization of the bone and the fracture site.
- CalcFix Plus Fixator is versatile thanks to the new improvements such as poliaxiality of external half pins and varus-valgus orientation of the posterior clamp.
- Each of the two arms of the fixator have an integrated rail controlled by a worm screw to allow the compression/distraction movement of the anterior and superior clamps. This helps the surgeon in obtaining a better restoration of the volume of the calcaneus and a proper Bohler’s Angle.
- The swiveling arm with an angle of rotation of 116° (from 14° to 130°) can be locked, by surgeon’s preference, to better place the superior half pins in the subtalar area.
- It is also easy-to-use due to reduced instrumentation needed for the application and simplified operative steps, leading to a quick application.
- Provided in a comprehensive sterile set, including implants and instruments, the CalcFix Plus Fixator is ready-to-use.
