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Fig. 5 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 5

From: Distal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis with nonaxial multiple small screws: a biomechanical analysis with axial headless compression screw and clinical result of 15 consecutive cases

Fig. 5

a, b The 3rd finger of a 63-year-old woman (patient 7). Three 1.5 mm screws were inserted from the middle phalanx to the distal phalanx unicortically with a fusion angle of 35°.; c, d The thumb of a 41-year-old man (patient 4). Three 1.5 mm screws and one 1.2 mm screw were inserted bicortically with a fusion angle of 13°

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