Fig. 5
From: Tips and tricks to achieve osteotomy healing and prevent refracture after ulnar shortening osteotomy
Serial radiographs of a freehand osteotomy with unparallel osteotomy surfaces and a long osteotomy reduction gap. a Immediate postoperative radiograph demonstrating that the lag screw could not compress a long osteotomy reduction gap. b After 2 months, bone defect still exists. c At 6 months, the osteotomy is united. d The complete osteotomy consolidation is achieved at 22 months