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Published on: October 9, 2014
Self-tapping screw fixation of the Austin osteotomy
M S Klein1, F A Ognibene, R P Erali
1Department of Podiatric Surgery, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Germantown, Tennessee.
Abstract:
The authors present an alternative method of fixation for the Austin bunionectomy using the Richards self-tapping screw. A description of the screw and method of application is included. In more than 250 osteotomies fixated by this technique, no complications inherent to the self-tapping screw have been encountered.

