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Pre-operative x-ray view (left); varus angle deformity in shoulder abduction (right).
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Autograft bone from peroneal diaphysis (left); cortical bone from iliac crest (right).
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Then the fracture line was exposed and the surface was regularized, scratched and freshened (Fig. 2).
Post-operative x-ray (left); intraoperative view (right).
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Finally, we corrected the skeletal deformity and defect performing an osteo-synthesis of the fracture line using the autologous bone and a straight plate that was fixed distally with 3 screws, proximally with 4 screws and with 3 looping wires (Fig. 3).
1 year post-operative x.ray.
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The control X ray at 1 year postoperatively showed a complete fracture healing (Fig. 4).