A method and an apparatus for screw removal from bone plates used in osteosynthesis. The method includes the steps of: performing an incision in the soft tissue surrounding an implanted bone screw having a screw head inserted in an elongated plate hole of a bone plate; positioning an expandable tip of the apparatus in a portion of the plate hole which is not occupied by the bone screw and in the proximity of the screw head of the bone screw, wherein the expandable tip is in an unexpanded position; and widening the plate hole in a lateral direction essentially perpendicular to a major axis of the elongated plate hole by expanding the expandable tip of the apparatus from the unexpanded position to an expanded position.