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Description
Treatment with Affinis Fracture or Affinis Fracture Inverse is indicated in fractures of the humeral head which are difficult to reconstruct. The modular platform system allows intraoperative decision-making and the conversion from a hemiprosthesis to an inverse prosthesis and vice-versa.
The Affinis Fracture System is based on a cemented stem and allows conversion after poor healing of a primary implant into an inverse prosthesis. A securely anchored stem can be left in situ. In addition, the modularity allows the surgeon to decide between a hemiprosthesis or an inverse prosthesis during surgery.
A proven spike surface structure, covered with a bioactive calcium phosphate coating, supports tuberosity anchoring: The calcium phosphate coating remodels into autologous bone within 6 to 12 weeks after implantation and promotes quick osseointegration. 1
The middle component on the humeral side of both versions allows continuous height adjustment on the stem up to 10mm; the retroversion can also be freely adjusted. With these options the patient's individual ligamentous balance can be taken into account.
Benefit
- Continuous height and rotation adjustment
- Modular platform system for less invasive revision surgeries
- Bioactive calcium phosphate coating for improved ingrowth of the tuberosities
- Polished drill holes for suture or cable fixation
- Primary stem cementing
1 Schwarz M.L.K., M.;Rose, S.;Becker, K.;Lenz, T.;Jani, L. Effect of surface roughness, porosity, and a resorbable calcium phosphate coating on osseointegration of titanium in a minipig model. J Biomed Mater Res A, 2009. 89(3): p. 667-78.))