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Rush Pin/Nail or Rod
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Rush Pin/Nail or Rod

Date1990-2004
Object NamePin
MediumSteel
ClassificationsMedicine and Healthcare
Dimensions1.8 x 33.6cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2004 by Mr G P Ashcroft.
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS069454.1
About MeA method of internal fixation the Rush Pin or Rod was designed by the brothers Leslie and Lowry Rush (of Meridan Missisippi). The brothers had been unhappy with existing methods. It is sometimes used for fibular shaft fractures, and occasionally in other tubular bones as well.


Woodend Hospital (Oldmill Hospital)
1990-2004
Woodend Hospital (Oldmill Hospital)
1990-2004
Woodend Hospital (Oldmill Hospital)
1990-2004
Woodend Hospital (Oldmill Hospital)
1990-2004
Woodend Hospital (Oldmill Hospital)
1990-2004
Woodend Hospital (Oldmill Hospital)
Woodend Hospital (Oldmill Hospital)
1990-2004
Woodend Hospital (Oldmill Hospital)
1990-2004