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Post-operative and radiographic images illustrating fatigue failure of an internal fixation locking plate. (A) Appearance of broken locking plate having failed, as expected, through a screw hole; (B) AP radiograph showing proximal tibial non-union and failed implant; (C) Close-up of AP radiograph showing non-union and failed implant. The lateral plate has characteristically broken through a screw hole at the same level as the non-union.
