Abstract: Methods, devices, and kits include configured to assist in at least partially withdrawing an orthopedic implant previously implanted in bone segment(s) include a shaft extending from a first end to a second end, where the first end includes screw threads with a first threaded alignment, a head positioned on the second end and including an enlarged terminal end segment including (1) a socket for receiving a tool adapted for rotating the implant into the bone segment(s), and (2) a threaded cannula portion centrally located at a focus point of the enlarged terminal end segment and extending along a cannula for at least a portion of a length of the head and comprising a second threaded alignment opposite the first threaded alignment and configured to receive an instrument head adapted for rotating the implant for removal.

Abstract: An orthopedic screw for reducing a malleolus bone fracture that includes a unitary shaft with screw threads on a distal end of the shaft and a head on a proximal end. An enlarged terminal end segment of the head includes a socket for receiving a tool adapted for rotating the screw into aligned fibula and malleolus bone fragments at the fracture site. First and second spaced-apart tapered transition segments are formed at a juncture of the shaft and head and a juncture of the head and an enlarged terminal end segment of the head the such that rotation of the screw provides progressively increased fracture-reducing pressure between the fibula and malleolus bone fragments as the first and second tapered transition segments drives the malleolus against the fibula. A method of using the screw for reducing a malleolus bone fracture is also disclosed.