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Fig. 5 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 5

From: Biomechanical study of the stiffness of the femoral locking compression plate of an external fixator for lower tibial fractures

Fig. 5

Patient with a comminuted fracture of the lower tibia and severe soft tissue contusion (a, b); closed reduction with external fixator of the distal femur with LCP (c); functional ankle exercises can be performed on the second postoperative day (d). Full weight-bearing at 2 weeks postperatively (e); small amount of bone scab formation at the fracture end at 1.5 months postperatively (f); bony healing at 4.5 months postperatively (g)

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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