Fitbone Transport and Lengthening System
The Fitbone™ Transport and Lengthening system is used to treat bone defects in lower limbs from a traumatic, infectious or malignant condition. This is effected by distraction osteogenesis with motorized intramedullary nails. This procedure improves patient comfort, reduces treatment time and minimizes complications.
Benefits
- Minimally invasive surgery compared with external fixators with less scarring, offers enhanced cosmetic result and generates no muscle fixation.1
- High patient comfort. 2
- Shorter treatment time than external fixators and monorails.2,4
- The ONLY intramedullary nail designed to transport or lengthen the bone through a single surgery
- Treatment of bone defects up to 80mm without revision of interlocking fixation.
- Treatment of bone defects larger than 80mm with a staged “rewind and go”.
Pathologies and Conditions
- The Fitbone™ Transport and Lengthening System is used to grow new bone in a limb where there is a missing section of bone (bone defect) due to:
- Infection
- Tumor3
- Trauma
- Congenital conditions
Support Material
References
- Kold S, Christensen KS. Bone transport of the tibia with a motorized intramedullary lengthening nail – a case report. Acta Orthop. 2014 Apr;85(2):211-3.
- Kähler Olesen, Ulrik MD*; Herzenberg, John E. MD, FRCSC†. Bone Transport With Internal Devices. Techniques in Orthopaedics 35(3):p 219-224, September 2020.
- Accadbled F, Thévenin Lemoine C, Poinsot E, Baron Trocellier T, Dauzere F, Sales de Gauzy J. Bone reconstruction after malignant tumour resection using a motorized lengthening intramedullary nail in adolescents: preliminary results. J Child Orthop. 2019 Jun 1;13(3):324-329.
- Rauchbauer, etal. Fibula-Assisted Segment Transport (FAST) for Defect Reconstruction after Resection of Tibial Adamantinoma: Report of Two Treatments. Case Reports in Orthopedics. May 2021.