Where the device sits

The see-through leg locates the bone and device. Skin-entry symbols are examples, not planned sites or counts. The two enlarged views are not at a comparable scale.

Skin / soft tissue Bone Device

Internal nail

Device inside the bone

Internal nail inside a bone, within a see-through leg outline The blue nail sits in the center of the pale bone, inside the leg. A separate representative skin-incision symbol is highlighted at the skin boundary. The see-through drawing is not a surgical opening or a site map. A B

Enlarged: skin incision, surface view

A narrow linear skin-opening symbol seen from the surface Two edges outline a narrow split in the skin surface. No skin section is removed and no hardware is left crossing the opening. This is a representative access symbol, not a measured wound or an incision-to-implant route.

Skin must still be opened for surgical access. [1]

External frame

Device outside the leg

An external frame outside a leg, connected to bone through a skin-entry site Two bands and supporting rods represent a frame outside the see-through leg. One illustrative pin or wire connects that structure to bone by crossing the skin boundary. The crossing is highlighted for the enlarged view; it is not a count or placement forecast. A B

Enlarged: pin / wire entry site

Enlarged pin or wire crossing the skin surface A blue pin or wire extends from outside the skin through its boundary. The point of crossing is the entry site. No cleaning instructions or expected scar appearance are shown.

A pin or wire passes through the skin to bone. [2]

Representative openings, not a scar map. This see-through drawing is not an anatomical or surgical plan. It does not predict the number, location, size, or appearance of scars. Not to scale.

RNOH [1]: internal-nail surgical wounds. Nationwide Children's [2]: pin-site definition only. See the article's linked sources. Original LLL editorial illustration. English-language visual.