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Fig. 6 | Patient Safety in Surgery

Fig. 6

From: Introducing the “Bone-Screw-Fastener” for improved screw fixation in orthopedic surgery: a revolutionary paradigm shift?

Fig. 6

Case example of a 65 year-old female patient who sustained an unstable SER-4 equivalent right ankle fracture (a, b). The injury was managed by open reduction with internal fixation of the lateral malleolar fracture using a posterolateral antiglide plate and four pretapped Bone-Screw-Fasteners. The fracture healed uneventfully in anatomic position, as demonstrated on 6 months follow-up radiographs (c, d)

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