By T-frame radiolucent linear fixator

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1. Very distal tibia fracture with dislocation.

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2. Insert a short and a longer carbon bar in the trough of each clamp with 3 aligned holes.

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3. Connect the two bars tightening the double clamp by means of a M3 screw, in order to form a T frame.

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4. Insert a pin in the distal fragment from cranio-medial to caudo-lateral direction.

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5. Connect the threaded pin to the shorter carbon bar by a clamp with a hook.

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6. Insert a pin in the proximal fragment and stabilize the frame to the bone connecting it to the longer carbon bar by means of a clamp with hook.

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7. Insert one more pin in the distal fragment in a cranio-lateral to caudo-medial direction, and connect it to the shorter carbon bar by a clamp with a hook.

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8. The angle between the pins is much more stable as they approach 90°.

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9. Stabilize the proximal fragment adding pins as required, and stabilizing them to the longer carbon bar.