Boerhaave Museum Top Collection: Medicine: man as machine: Pins and plates: Prostheses in the Body

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$Pin to consolidate fractures$

Demonstration model of a hand with prostheses

Brush used after drilling in the knee joint

Drill used in positioning osteo-synthetic material

Room 22 Showcase V07

Pins and plates: Prostheses in the Body

It is not only a chain that is no stronger than its weakest link. The replacement of diseased or fractured limbs and joints remained an ideal for a long time, but come within reach by the development of suitable materials in the latter half of the 20th century. For nearly every hard part of the human body an equivalent in metal or synthetic material now exists. In addition, these products proved their value as fixation aids in the treatment of complicated fractures.

Artificial hip [V02487]

Artificial hip [V02488]

Artificial hip [V02490]

Artificial hip [V02540]

Osteosynthesis screw [V10030]

Osteosynthesis screw [V10031]

Osteosynthesis plate [V10032]

Osteosynthesis screw [V10033]

Osteosynthesis pin [V10034]

Pin to consolidate fractures [V10035]

Pin to consolidate fractures [V10036]

Knee prosthesis [V10037]