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Match the Type of Implant with the Description

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Match the type of implant with the description.
-Polyester, braided nylon, polypropylene


A) Screw with hollow central shaft, usually inserted over a guide wire or pin.
B) Pin segments in larger diameters used for skeletal traction or as guide pin for screws.
C) Femoral/tibial and patellar components.
D) Bone cement to hold prosthesis in place.
E) Screw with closely spaced shallow threads for dense bone found in the diaphysis.
F) Wire segments with smaller diameter used for stabilization/ fixation or guide for screws.
G) Used with screws and bent to fit the bone to hold the fragments in place during healing.
H) Can be used to secure bone to bone, such as the sternum.
I) Low-level current treatment of nonunion or delayed union.
J) Screw with a wider thread and wider-spaced threads used in epiphyseal bone.
K) Used to attach tendon to bone (suture material) .
L) Used to create the threads in the bone, typically cortical bone typically.
M) Screw that is partially threaded to compress bone between the screw head and the distal threads.
N) Placed in the intramedullary shaft for fractures of long bones-early ambulation.
O) Acetabular and femoral stem and head components.

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