Displaced fractures

 Acetabular rim

 Femoral head and neck

 Supracondylar femur (in children)

 Femoral condyles

 Patella

 Tibial condyles

 Distal tibia (also in children)

 Malleoli (also in children)

 Talar body or neck

 Calcaneus

 Metatarsal bones (also in children)

Refixation in osteochondritis dissecans

 At the knee and ankle joints

Fixation of osteotomies

 Acetabulum

 Tibial tubercle (Hauser’s procedure)

 First metatarsal for hallux valgus

Fixation of acetabular cup in total hip replacement

Fixation of bone–patellar-tendon–bone graft

Fixation of arthrodesis

 Ankle joint

 Subtalar joint

 First metatarsophalangeal joint