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Dynamic Compression Plates:
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DCP, 3.5 mm Applied as a Self Compression Plate:
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DCP 3.5 mm Applied as Self Compression Plate w/ Lag Screw Thru Plate
- Dynamic Compression Plate, 3.5 mm:
- see: properties of
stainless steel;
- this is implant of choice for frx of forearm and may be also used for distal humeral fractures and the clavicle;
- DCP hole design is analogous to the 4.5 DCP hole design;
- if necessary, 4.0 cancellous bone screws can be inserted in end holes;
- available in lengths from 25 mm to 145 mm, with 2 to 12 holes;
- thickness 3.0 mm
- width 10 mm
- hole spacing 12 mm and 16 mm
- hole length: 6.5 mm;
- Limited Contact Dynamic Compression Plate, 3.5 mm in Titanium:
- see: properties of
titanium;
- utilizes
3.5 mm cortical & shaft screws and 4.0 mm titanium cancellous bone screws in the metaphysis;
- may be inserted in the neutral, load, or butress positions;
- LC-DCP is used for the same indications as the DCP;
- forearm fractures, fractures of the distal humerus, the clavicle, and the pelvis;
- undercuts at both ends of the plate, allowing 40 deg of tilting along long axis of the plate;
- screws can also be tilted 7 deg in the transverse plane;
- available with 4 to 12 holes, from 51 to 155 mm;
- width 11 mm
- thickness 4.0 mm
- hole spacing 13 mm
- hole length 7 mm;
Clinical experience with titanium implants, especially with the limited contact dynamic compression plate system.
P Matter and HB Burch. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. Vol 109. 1990. p 311-313.
The concept of biological plating using the limited contact dynamic compression plate (LCDCP). Injury. 1991. Vol 22. (Suppl) 1-41.
The limited contact dynamic compression plate. SM Perren et al. Arch Orthop. Trauma Surg. Vol 109. 1990. p 304-310.
