The surgeon chooses the implant, but knowing what is available helps you set up theatre with the right equipment. This webinar compares titanium and stainless steel implants, the loads implants must resist, and the uses of IM pins, K-wires, interlocking nails, toggle rods and orthopaedic wire, with the instruments needed for each.
It then covers how bone screws and plates are sized and named, specialty plates such as TPLO, TTA and step plates, and a quiz on real fracture repairs. It finishes with cleaning and sterilising implants and orthopaedic equipment.
Presented by Teri Raffel Kleist at the 2025 ACVN Nurse Conference (Surgical stream).
Includes the full recording (1 hour 11 minutes), the presentation slides as a PDF, and a quiz. Pass the quiz to receive a certificate worth 1 AVNAT point.

