case_images: PMC2820442_01
case_images: Image of unthreaded screw at time of surgery.
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case_images: F2
case_images: When the 5.0 mm superior-inferior cannulated screw was inserted, use of the image intensifier to confirm the final screw position revealed that the screw thread had unwound itself by 21/2 complete revolutions (Figure 2).
case_images: Image of unthreaded screw 3 weeks following surgery.
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case_images: PMC2820442_01_1757-1626-3-9-3.jpg
case_images: F3
case_images: X-rays taken 3 weeks post-operatively(Figure 3) showed that the fracture had shifted slightly, but as the patient was comfortable and remained neurovascularly intact, a decision was made to gently mobilise the patient.