Synthes 208.875 7.3mm Cannulated Screw 16mm Thread/75mm

Cannulated Screw, 7.3 dia. x 75 mm Length, Stainless Steel, 16 mm Thread Length, 4.5 mm Core Diameter, 4.8 mm Shaft Diameter, 2.9 mm Cannulation Diameter, 8.2 mm Head Diameter, Self-Tapping, Self-Drilling.

A small, non-sterile, threaded rod with a slotted head typically used for internal orthopedic fracture fixation by being screwed into bone to hold plates or nails to bone or to provide direct interfragmentary stabilization of bone, or it may fasten soft tissue to bone.

It is made of a material that is corrosion resisting and cannot be chemically degraded or absorbed via natural body processes (includes implant grade metal such as surgical steel, titanium alloy, or carbon fiber).

A "lag screw" can be any of these used to obtain compression.

This device must be sterilized prior to use.