Table 2: Advantages and Disadvantages of HCS.

Advantages

Disadvantages

·        Immediate range of motion with excellent stability

·        Limit dissection that could cause tendon irritation and scarring

·        Performed quickly and reliably

·        Cost effective

·        Limit visible incisional scarring

·        Limit reliance on unreliable patients

·        Less skewering of bone, more stability than K-wires

·        No pin tract infection

·        No hardware removal

·        Increase cost vs. pins, less than plates

·        Potential canal-screw mismatch

·        Technique learning curve

·        Theoretical concern of articular cartilage violation