Positioning

Positioning Instruments

<p>gSource positioning instruments, such as the straight ball spike and disc, are manufactured from high quality German surgical stainless steel for use during orthopedic surgery involving fixation of internal fractures. The straight ball spike facilitates reduction of bone fragments and features a spike to reduce the risk of the instrument slipping off the bone and a pointed-ball tip to prevent penetration of bone with a thin cortex. Discs can be used in conjunction with the reduction forceps with pointed ball-tips or the ball spike instruments. In poor quality bone (osteoporotic), they can aid in distributing the applied forces over a larger surface area in effort to help prevent iatrogenic or compression fractures.</p>