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Ankle and knee spanning fixator configurations: in the ankle the os calcis, talar neck and 1st or 5th metatarsals are useful locations for siting pins; for the knee, proximal femoral pins in the sagittal plane are augmented by an additional third pin placed obliquely from the anterolateral side, just proximal to the suprapatellar pouch
