Fig 1.

Preoperative planning in a left leg. (A) Preoperative tracing of anteroposterior view of entire leg in standing position from a radiograph. (B) Postoperative tracing of leg. (C) A lateral proximal tibial plate is developed for a tibial plateau fracture. The proximal screw directions are thus corrected according to the postoperative image. (D) Bending of the plate at the neck (arrow) is performed until the direction of the proximal screw is almost parallel to the tibial plateau. (E) Postoperative image of leg fixed with plate and screws.