The Importance of Blocking Screws in the Procimate Third of the Tibia

Blocking screws should be placed on the concavity of the deformity to minimize the procrovatum and valgous deformities of this fracture pattern. Credick at all looked at the importance of using blocking screws during intermedullary nailing of metapacial fractures using small diameter nails. Histermen at all reviewed different reduction techniques to avoid mal alinment, including the use of a proper starting point,. an insertion angle, blocking screws, unicordical plates and a universal distractor.