What are Gamma nails used for?

The gamma nail or trochanteric nail is an osteosynthetic implant designed to treat proximal femoral fractures in the trochanter area with a closed intramedullary fixation method.

How long does a gamma nail surgery take?

Your fracture will be fixed by placing a long nail inside the thigh bone (the femur) from the hip joint down, close to your knee joint (please see the picture below). Your surgery will last up to two hours.

How does a gamma nail work?

A gamma nail is performed where the neck of femur has been fractured and where there is a good chance that it will heal if held in place by internal fixation. The gamma nail consists of a large screw placed in the head of the femur and a nail which goes down the centre of the shaft of femur.

What is gamma nail made of?

The gamma nail consists of a funnel-shaped intramedullary nail with slight bending to reflect proximal femoral diaphyseal trochanteric morphology, a large proximal opening, which features a sliding mechanism for a large femoral neck lag screw and small holes in the distal part enabling distal femoral locking of the …

How big is a gamma3 nail incision?

The new Gamma3 System is designed to facilitate minimally invasive surgery and reduce the OR time down to a mini mum by the aid of using new instrumentation and an optimized surgical technique. The nails have a proximal diameter of 15.5mm to help minimize the incision length required for minimally invasive surgery.

What are the instructions for the gamma3 RC lag screw?

The instructions for the Gamma3 RC Lag Screw Operative Technique should not interfere with or replace any chapters in the Gamma3 Operative Technique except for those detailing Lag Screw insertion and fixation. This manual is discribing the surgical technique using a Gamma3 Trochanteric Nail 180.

What is the gamma3 one shot device used for?

The Gamma3 One Shot Device® is a radiolucent instrument that is used to find the ideal position for the Lag Screw before skin incision and opening the lateral cortex for K-Wire placement. Operative Technique (Literature Number : 2013109-US Rev 0 ) Operative Technique (Literature Number: 2013108 Rev 0) Indications

How is the gamma3 trochanteric nail designed to heal?

The Lag Screws are designed to transfer the load of the femoral head into the nail shaft by bridging the fracture line to allow fast and secure fracture healing. The load carrying thread design of the Gamma3 Lag Screw provides large surface contact to the cancellous bone. This provides high resistance against cut out.