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s/l leg screws or lag screws - whr12

Posted: Jul 17, 2010

Three 2 mm leg screws were then placed through the dorsal cortex into the volar cortex
to immobilize the fracture in an anatomic site.

this is for a metacarpal fracture.. im wondering if he said lag screws.

Lag screw. - Oracle n/m

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thanks so much!!! - whr12

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