However, you may need surgery to implant internal fixation devices, such as plates, rods or screws, to maintain proper position of your bones during healing.

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Most internal fixation materials are left in place.

CNN: Broken leg

The administration's fixation on preventing even minor construction internal to a settlement assumes that Jewish settlers are on the verge of taking over the entire West Bank.

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