Journal of Trauma & Treatment

A Technical Tip for Ensuring Parallel Screw Fixation of the Medial Malleolus

Abstract

Edward Yates, Giles Foley and Christopher Thomas

Parallel screw alignment can be challenging. We describe a simple, reproducible technique for the fixation of the medial malleolar fragment with two parallel screws, using a 1.6mm K-wire and the small fragment AO drill-guide.