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. 2017 Oct 24;4:34. doi: 10.1186/s40634-017-0111-7

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Fig. 3 — Course of the surgery. The patient was placed in the beach-chair position without a tourniquet (left). A longitudinal incision was made along the scapular spine to visualise the entire os acromiale or acromial fracture (middle). The osteosynthesis plate was fixed anteriorly with angle-stable screws and posteriorly with angle-stable screws and at least one cortical compression screw to compress the fracture (right)