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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2013 Apr 2;101(11):3339–3348. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34606

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

Schematics of the design of the device for a two-stage technique of direct skeletal attachment. Fixture is a threaded cylinder which is screwed into the marrow canal of the residuum bone. Abutment is a construct which is coupled with the fixture at the second stage of implantation several months after implanting the fixture. The abutment penetrates the residuum skin, and its outer part, capped by the abutment screw, is used for attaching the leg prosthesis. Adapted from Ref. 39. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at wileyonlinelibrary.com.]