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Fig. 1 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 1

From: The IlluminOss® photodynamic bone stabilization system for pathological osteolyses and fractures of the humerus: indications, advantages and limits in a series of 12 patients at 24 months of minimum follow‐up

Fig. 1

a: the patient is placed in beach-chair position, a minimally invasive incision is perform just laterally or anteriorly to the acromion and a sharp instrument is used to gain the intramedullary canal; b: the fluid nail is then inserted in the medullary canal in a deflated state; c: the balloon is filled with the monomer until a complete expansion is obtained (verified by an increase of the resistance in the syringe or by an X-Ray intensifier) ; d: the polymerization process is activated by the blue light; e: the postoperative X-ray showing the nail correctly expanded as demonstrated by the helicoidal markers; a supplementary screw was used to increase the stability of the proximal segment

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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