Patent ID: 8162996

Claim:
A method of surgically repairing bone, comprising: temporarily securing a bone plate to one or more of a first bone portion and a second bone portion using one or more wires; securing a first reduction fastener within a first fixation hole of said bone plate and to the first bone portion; securing a second reduction fastener within an elongated slide channel of said bone plate and to the second bone portion; positioning a first engagement member of a compression clamp about a head of said first reduction fastener; positioning a second engagement member of said compression clamp about a head of said second reduction fastener; closing said compression clamp thereby drawing said second reduction fastener and the second bone portion along said elongated slide channel toward said first reduction fastener and the first bone portion; and securing a fixation fastener within a second fixation hole of said bone plate and to the second bone portion, and further comprising: removing said first reduction fastener and said second reduction fastener from said bone plate; and securing an additional fixation fastener within said first fixation hole and to the first bone portion.