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Screws are used either to fasten plates to bone, to maintain bone fragments in their relative position, or — as lag screws — to hold together fragments of bone.
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Schatzker, J., Meutstege, F., Prieur, W.D. (1998). Implants and Their Application. In: Brinker, W.O., Olmstead, M.L., Sumner-Smith, G., Prieur, W.D. (eds) Manual of Internal Fixation in Small Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60288-7_2
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