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I dont speak American so I dont exactly know what gnarly means, but yes, it wasnt much fun and a lot of recovery involved (this was also because I'd been smashed into by a red light breaking motorist). They took out all of the hardware about nine months later.
And that was their term, not mine! But quite fitting. They look like B+Q screws because the surgery is pretty much DIY with humans. You drill holes in one bit of the bone, affix the plate, drag the other bit of loose bone over, and drill again. Then peel the flesh back into place and staple it back together.