modification of the AO condylar plate guide

ABSTRACT

The A.O. Seating chisel guide does not lie flat against the femur allowing for errors in the required parallelism between its flap and the long axis of the bone. On the other hand, the condylar plate guide fits well in position. Both instruments were combined in one formed of a condylar blade guide with a slot on its upper edge corresponding to the body of the original seating chisel guide. Forty three fractures were fixed using the condylar plate. In an earlier experience, surgeons were unable to properly introduce screws through the lowermost two holes in four cases. Since utilizing this modified guide, no such problems were encountered