A six-year retrospective analysis of the T-Screw bone fixation device.

The authors present a retrospective study of the T-Screw bone fixation device and its use for rigid fixation of osteotomies, arthrodesis, and fractures in foot surgery. The following is a discussion of 395 procedures in which the T-Screw was used for fixation. The results of the data confirm that there are specific advantages when using the device.

Complications of foot surgery. Bone fixation devices. Considerations and consequences.

We have attempted to demonstrate the different healing patterns of cancellous and cortical bone and show how fixation devices impact healing. The incidence of hypersensitivity reactions, migration, and malignancy associated with fixation devices may be more prevalent in podiatric surgery than previously thought.

T-Screw. A new bone fixation device.

The T-Screw was patented in 1984. A 5-year study was begun in 1980, and FDA approval was granted in 1985. Detailed results of this clinical study will be reported in a later paper.