HBS Mini cannulated
The miniaturized version of the Headless Bone Screw (HBS Mini) has a shaft diameter of only 1.5 mm, is cannulated for a guide wire of 0.8 mm and both threads are self-drilling and self-tapping.
Clinical experience has shown that the HBS Mini is the implant of choice for proximal pole fractures of the scaphoid. The Mini HBS has proved useful in a range of applications including:
- Scaphoid fractures – proximal pole
- Scaphoid fractures – waist and distal in small patients
- Lunate fractures
- Capitate fractures
- Trapezial fractures
- Metacarpal and metatarsal fractures
- Phalangeal fractures (condylar)
- Proximal radial head fractures
- Ulnar styloid fractures
- Osteo-chondral fractures
- Small joint fusions
Furthermore, the conditions for revascularization and healing are optimized, due to the fact that the Mini HBS takes up much less space within the bone than a standard implant.
Thanks to the cannulation of this small screw, a thin guide wire (0.8 mm) can be used to insert the screw safely and with high precision. Both threads of the screw are self-tapping and self-drilling. This fact greatly facilitates screw insertion because only the first cortical layer needs to be opened up a little with a drill.
Advantages
- Recessed screw (flush with bone surface)
- Both threads are self-tapping and self-drilling
- Minimized disruption of soft tissue preserves vascular blood flow for bone healing
- Cannulated for a 0.8-mm guide wire
- Screw length in 1-mm increments
- Rotation stability
- Early mobilization
- Acceleration of the patient’s return to previous mobility and function
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