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Home > Smooth Locking Pegs (Proximal Humerus / Small Bone)
Smooth locking pegs support subchondral bone without cutting threads into it. Locked to the plate at a fixed angle, the peg advances into the cancellous bone of the humeral head or a small periarticular fragment and acts as a strut beneath the joint surface. These pegs are genuine original Zimmer Biomet components for the periarticular plate systems, stocked by BoneCraft and supplied through independent distribution.
Threads are not always an asset. In the soft subchondral bone of an elderly humeral head or a small periarticular fragment, a thread cuts its own channel — and a channel is a loose connection waiting to happen. The smooth peg takes the opposite approach: nothing cuts, the peg displaces bone gently, and support comes from contact along the whole shaft.
Locked to the plate at a fixed angle, a row of pegs behaves like a set of small struts holding the articular surface to height. The same principle serves the small bone plates of the hand and foot at smaller diameters. Peg number, placement and diameter remain selections of the operating surgeon.
Pegs are advanced through the plate head along the fixed trajectory and lock at the peg-plate interface. In the humeral head they are placed as a group under the subchondral bone; in small bone plates they serve the same role at smaller scale.
| Diameter | Length span in range | Application |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0 / 2.2 mm | 10 to 30 mm | Small bone and hand-foot plate systems |
| 2.5 mm | 10 to 30 mm | Small periarticular plate heads |
| 5.0 mm | 12 to 48 mm | Proximal humerus plate head, humeral head support |
The fifty-six-number range across the peg families is held in BoneCraft warehouse stock and ships in original manufacturer packaging, with factory lot references on the delivery documents.
