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IMPACTION GRAFTING

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Overview

IMPACTION Grafting has been proposed as a method for improving the durability and reliability of cementing femoral components in revision total hip surgery. Short-term results using this technique have been encouraging. The proposed advantages of cementing femoral implants into impacted cancellous graft are:

Immediate rigid fixation of implants

Restoration of bone stock

Positive bone remodeling

Simplification of implant selection and instrumentation

A standardized and reproducible surgical technique

In order to achieve these advantages, an IMPACTION Grafting technique must be:

Safe

Reproducible

Consistent in the preparation and insertion of bone graft

Adaptable to a wide range of implant lengths and head-neck offsets

Cost efficient

The Radial Impaction Grafting (RIG) technique was developed to achieve the following objectives:

Maximize the impaction of morselized cancellous graft

Minimize the likelihood of early and late femoral fractures

Permit the use of stems of variable lengths and head-neck offsets