Figure 3.

Method for measuring the distance from the screw edge to the fracture line. Measurements were performed using CT volumetric data immediately after fixation of the bone fragments. Example of an imaging study of a patient with osteosynthesis with three magnesium screws of a type C mandibular head fracture on the right side. An asterisk (*) indicates the line tangent to the posterior border of the mandibular ramus in lateral view. Measurements of the superior (S), inferior (I), and anterior (A) screws were taken parallel to the tangent line *.