CPC A61B 17/8875 (2013.01) [A61B 17/808 (2013.01); A61B 17/8085 (2013.01); A61B 17/8894 (2013.01); A61B 17/90 (2021.08)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of guiding a fastener into a hole in a bone plate, the method comprising:
providing or obtaining a bone plate with a threaded distal portion of a split body of a fastener guide threaded into a hole in the bone plate such that a fastener received in a through-bore in the split body is aligned with the hole in the bone plate; and
rotating the fastener in a first direction of rotation relative to the hole in the bone plate to advance the fastener distally through the through-bore, wherein said rotating includes a first phase of fastener rotation in which the fastener advances distally through the through-bore while the threaded distal portion of the split body remains fixed rotationally relative to the hole in the bone plate and a second phase of fastener rotation following the first phase in which the fastener continues to advance distally through the through-bore while the threaded distal portion of the split body is caused to rotate in a second direction of rotation opposite the first direction relative to the hole in the bone plate for removing the fastener guide from the bone plate.
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