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Saturday, 14 January 2017

image based Q. 73 - Down to earth

Q. The below picture represents which principle of implant used in fracture fixation?


a. Buttress plate
b. Neutralisation plate
c. Ligamentotaxis
d. Load sharing
e. External fixation





















































































Answer-
a

The additional support given to trunk of the tree near the ground is possible by added 'butressing'.

Buttress plating in metaphyseal fractures support fragment from further displacement by their own presence as in fractures of distal radius or proximal tibia etc.

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