Option B
Proximal locking with screw
Instruments
357.052 Compression Nut, for No. 357.048
357.377 Connecting Screw for Helical Blade for TFN
357.428 Inserter/Extractor for TFN
Femoral Neck Screw
Thread the compression nut completely onto the screw in-
serter/extractor. Insert the helical blade connecting screw into
the screw inserter/extractor. Align the arrows on the tabs
of the inserter/extractor with the flats on the back end of the
screw. Thread the connecting screw into the screw and
finger tighten the assembly.
Pass the screw insertion assembly over the guide wire,
through the blade guide sleeve and through the nail.
Advance the screw by turning the inserter/extractor clock-
wise until the mark on the inserter meets the flange surface
of the blade guide sleeve. At this depth the screw tip will
be positioned at the tip of the guide wire.
TFN – Titanium Trochanteric Fixation Nail System
Technique Guide
Synthes
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