Sentence examples for blocking screws in the from inspiring English sources

Once the nail is in place, it does not require blocking screws in the proximal fragment.

The need for blocking screws in the proximal femur is left to the discretion of the surgeon.

The use of blocking screws in the distal femur can be beneficial in preventing the nail from sliding over the smooth distal locking screws during lengthening (Fig. 3).

Also, a systematic approach to the appropriate use of blocking screws in these deformities is described.

Lateral radiograph (c) and the intraoperative fluoroscopic lateral view (d) show one posterior blocking screw in the distal fragment near the osteotomy site used to prevent procurvatum deformity.

Hannah et al. [21] described placing the blocking screw in the acute angles formed between the long axis of the bone segment and the fracture plane in oblique fractures.

In a cadaveric study, Krettek et al. [3] described the use of blocking screws in coronal and sagittal planes with the help of a custom-made jig.

While using two blocking screws in one fragment, it is better to insert one screw close to the osteotomy site and the second screw at the other end of the fragment to maximize the stability.

Similarly, various authors have described the use of interlocking intramedullary nail in combination with blocking screws in metaphysis of long bones to improve reduction, prevent secondary displacement, and to augment and maintain the alignment and stability [10, 11, 12, 13, 14].

In our study, we used blocking screws in three cases, reduction plating in one case, and a universal distractor in two cases.

Well-placed blocking screws will aide in the reduction of a deformity, hold an osteotomy reduction in place especially during the lengthening process, and will help prevent novel distraction-induced malalignment of the bone fragments [3, 4].