We prefer open reduction and internal fixation with plates and screws and with intercalary tricorticocancellous grafts to obtain union and restore the clavicle to its normal length. The purpose of ...

The tricorticocancellous bone graft serves as an interpositional graft between the proximal and distal clavicle fragments ... On the day after surgery, the Hemovac drain is removed, and the ...

Objectives To determine if level 1 evidence from a landmark trial changed practice patterns for treatment of patients with displaced midshaft clavicle fractures. Design Retrospective cohort study.

In this paper, we present a case of congenital pseudarthrosis of the clavicle in a 9-year-old boy who was treated with plate fixation and bone autograft. The majority of patients who undergo surgery ...

However, your collarbone, also known as the clavicle, may hurt for other ... screws with plates or pins to hold the pieces of bone in place. Surgery involves some risks of infection and nerve ...

The collarbone (also called the clavicle) is the bone that connects the breastbone to the shoulder ... Rarely, the doctor might recommend surgery if the broken bones are very out of line. Sometimes, ...

1 Department of Cardiology, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire and Imperial College, London, UK 2 Departments of Cardiology and Emergency Medicine, Wexham Park Hospital 3 Department of Cardiology ...

A clavicle fracture is a broken collarbone. The clavicle is the bone that secures the arm to the body and connects the breastbone (sternum) to the shoulder blade (scapula). Full use of the clavicle is ...

CT imaging angiography revealed that the subclavian artery and brachial plexus were compressed by callus and a distal bone fragment of the clavicle fracture (Figures 3(a) and (b)), indicating the ...