Here are four points:
1. The company offered the previous version of the screw in 7.5 mm, 6.5 mm and 5.5 mm diameters for lumbar vertebral fractures.
2. The newer version features a smaller diameter of 4.5 mm, designed for thoracic vertebral fractures.
3. The Oak screw is intended to simultaneously correct and provide fixation of vertebral fractures caused by trauma.
4. Surgeons may use the screw for minimally invasive surgeries as well as open surgeries.
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