Tips of the trade #38. The Herbert screw in closed reduction and internal fixation of the Jones fracture.
A technique of using a cannulated Herbert screw is presented for addressing the troublesome Jones fracture. This closed intramedullary fixation technique allows early healing without many of the screw head problems encountered in the more traditional AO screw techniques.
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