| 摘要 |
<p>A fixation device for connecting an elongate support element to a patient's vertebra in order to correct a spinal deformity includes a housing for the support element formed by a channel in which the element can be received. A transverse arm having a housing end and a free end is connected to a side wall of the channel housing at its housing end. The transverse arm has a first recess formed in it towards its free end, and the housing or the transverse arm at or towards the housing end has a second recess formed in it. The device includes a first wire which is a close fit in the first recess and can engage a vertebra so that the transverse arm is connected directly to the vertebra towards its free end, and a second wire which is a close fit in the second recess and can engage a vertebra so that the device is connected directly to the vertebra at the housing at or towards the housing end of the transverse arm.</p> |
