Acutrak® Headless Compression Screw System

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Development and Implementation of Antegrade Intramedullary Screw Fixation in Metacarpal Shaft Fractures with Jerry Huang, MD

Dr. Jerry Huang speaks about the development and advantages of the Antegrade technique for Intramedullary Screw Fixation in Metacarpal Shaft Fractures.

Antegrade Intramedullary Screw Fixation of a Metacarpal Shaft Fracture with Jerry Huang, MD

Dr. Jerry Huang demonstrates on a cadaver specimen, the Antegrade technique for Intramedullary Screw Fixation in Metacarpal Shaft Fractures.

Retrograde Intramedullary Screw Fixation of a Metacarpal Shaft Fracture with Dr. Mihir Desai

Dr. Mihir Desai demonstrates on a cadaver specimen, the Intramedullary Screw Fixation of a Metacarpal Shaft Fracture using the Retrograde technique.

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Excellence, Backed by Evidence

More than 2 million Acutrak family screws have been implanted since 1994, supported by more than 100 publications, including clinical and biomechanical studies.
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Case Study: Acute Right Radial Head Fracture

The surgeon used the Acutrak 2 Micro screws to treat an acute right radial head fracture in a 64-year-old female following a mechanical fall onto an outstretched hand.
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Acutrak 2 Applications

Upper Extremity Solutions
  • Radial Head Fixation
  • Capitellum Fixation
  • Olecranon Fracture
  • MCP Fusion
  • Scaphoid Fracture/Nonunion
  • DIP & PIP Fusion
  • Four-corner Fusion
  • Ulnar & Radial Styloid Fracture
Lower Extremity Solutions
  • Femoral Condyle Fracture
  • Patella Fixation
  • Triple Arthrodesis
  • Ankle Arthrodesis
  • Calcaneal Osteotomy
  • MTP FusionTMT Fusion
  • Subtalar Fusion
  • Jones Fracture
  • DIP & PIP Fusion
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An Industry First

Acutrak Headless Compression Screw System

Released in 1994, the original Acutrak Headless Compression Screw was the first fully threaded headless compression screw on the market with continuously variable thread pitch.
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Hammertoe Fusion

Fixation using the Acumed Hammertoe Fusion System
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  1. Wheeler DL, McLoughlin SW. Biomechanical assessment of compression screws. Clin Orthop Rel Re 1998;350;237-245.