How is Taylor Spatial Frame used in injured patients?
The Taylor Spatial Frame is a device used in patients who suffer from bone injuries with missing bone or in patients suffering from broken bones with severe surrounding tissue damage that prevent the insertion of internal devices.
It is also used in another group of patients, namely, patients who have suffered broken bones for a period of time and then develop complications. In these patients, the device can be used to realign and correct bones that have not healed, and in some patients whose complication include missing bones, we can use this device to attach replacement bones to compensate for those missing.
How is this device different from other devices?
This device uses navigation technology. The device can tell how bones are deformed at their sites. After we input device values into the software, the software will let us know the characteristics at the location of the bones and the direction to which the device has to be adjusted.
How many months does it take for near-normal recovery to occur?
The time it takes to treat each patient depends on the patient’s characteristics. For example, if the patient has acute broken bones with broken or missing bones, we have to calculate the time it takes for the bones to reattach, which normally takes place at the rate of 1 millimeter per day. Therefore, if a patient has 3 centimeters of bone missing, time required for recovery is about 30 days. After the bones have grown up to the distance we require after about 30 days of growth, another 60 days will be required, so the total recovery time is about 3 months.
Cautions for Use of the Device in Patients
For the precautions in caring for patients after their bones are reattached by using this device, because this device is located outside of the body, wound care involves only care to prevent complications from developing on the skin on the outside.
