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X-Bolt Hip Fracture Fixation Surgical Technique

X-Bolt is a hip fracture fixation orthopaedic surgical technique, similar in technique and construct to a standard sliding hip screw (SHS) but using an 'Expanding Bolt' in place of the lag screw.

The X-Bolt IM Hip Nailing System is intended for use in fracture fixation in the femur in adults with osteopenia or osteoporosis:

  • Intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures
  • Segmental fractures
  • Comminuted fractures
  • Pathological fractures
  • Fractures with bone loss
  • Pseudoarthrosis, non-union, mal-union, and delayed union
  • Surgically created defects such as osteotomies

The X-BOLT® Dynamic Hip Plating System is intended for use in fracture fixation in the proximal femur in adults with osteopenia or osteoporosis:

  • Intracapsular and extracapsular fractures of the femoral neck
  • Trochanteric fractures of the proximal femur
  • Stable subtrochanteric fractures of the proximal femur

X-Bolt is FDA 510(k) approved[1] - X-Bolt Orthopaedics achieved FDA 510(k) clearance to market the X-Bolt Hip Nailing and Hip Plating fixation systems.

CLINICAL TRIALS

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These systems received CE Mark approval in 2011 and have been the subject of two large clinical trials, WHITE1 (100 subjects)[2] and WHITE4 (1,140 subjects)[3][4][5], conducted by Oxford University and supported by NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre.