Fig. 1

a: Illustration showing the osteotomy positions and angles used to recreate an AO Foundation and Orthopaedic Trauma Association 41-C2 fracture (simple articular, multifragmentary metaphyseal fracture) in a human cadaveric specimen. (Green line, cutting line as in the study by Gösling et al. [8] Blue line, additional medial cutting line. Red line, tibial axis.) b Template used to perform the osteotomies. The template was fitted to the tibia, and K-wires were fitted along the tibial axis and used to secure the template and assure standardized osteotomies