The plates are available in stainless steel and titanium and feature an anatomic shape and profile, both distally and along the fibular shaft. The Combi holes in the LCP Plate shaft combine a dynamic compression unit (DCU) hole with a locking screw hole. Combi holes provide maximum flexibility with the options of axial compression and locking capability throughout the length of the plate shaft. K-wire holes accept K-wires (up to 2.0MM) to temporarily fix the plate to the distal fibula, to temporarily reduce articular fragments, and to confirm the location of the plate, relative to the distal fibula.

Fixation with the 2.7MM/3.5MM LCP Distal Fibula Plates provides the same benefits of traditional plate fixation methods, with a few important improvements. Locking screws provide the ability to create a fixed-angle construct while using standard AO plating techniques. The ability to place locking screws is especially important in osteopenic bone, short bone fragments, and multifragment fractures, where screw purchase is compromised. These screws do not rely on plate-to-bone compression to resist patient load, but function similarly to multiple, small, angled blade plates.