Patient Manual ERC 4P
Model: ERC 4P
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CONTRAINDICATIONS: Who cannot use the PRECICE system?
Important Safety Information – Read Before Use!
Please read and consider the information in this guide before deciding
on your treatment.
This section describes the Contraindications for the PRECICE Systems. If you have any of these
contraindications, you cannot use a PRECICE device.
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
Your doctor will check the following to see if you would be a good fit for PRECICE (inclusive of Precice
IMLL Precice Unyte, Precice Stryde and Precice Bone Transport):
x
Patients with an irregular bone diameter that would prevent insertion of the Precice nail
x
Patients in which the Precice nail would cross joint spaces or open epiphyseal growth plates
x
Patients in which there is an obliterated medullary canal or other conditions that tend to retard healing
such as blood supply limitations, peripheral vascular disease or evidence of inadequate vascularity
x
Patients unwilling or incapable of following postoperative care instructions
x
Infection or Pathological conditions of bone such as osteopenia which would impair the ability to
securely fix the device.
x
Patients with Gusilo open fracture Classification Grade IIIB or IIIC fractures
x
Patients with pre-existing nerve palsies
x
Metal allergies and sensitivities
Precice Bone Transport has the following additional contraindications:
x
Patients with maximum bone defect of more than 100 mm.
x
Patients with excessive skin damage and not enough soft tissue covering where the fracture
sites.