Supplementary Technique for Unstable Clavicle Shaft Fractures: Interfragmentary Wiring and Temporary Axial K-Wire Pinning

Percutaneous multiple K-wire fixation for humeral shaft fractures.

Percutaneous K-wire fixation for femoral shaft fractures in children.

From November 2001 to January 2004, sixty-five children with femoral shaft fractures were treated by closed reduction and percutaneous K-wire fixation. The aims of the treatment were early mobilisation, easy nursing care and rapid rehabilitation. Kirschner wires were introduced under image-intensifier control from the distal or proximal metaphyseal region of the femur, avoiding injury to the ph...

Tension band wiring versus Knowles pinning for non-union of type-2 distal clavicle fractures.

UNLABELLED PURPOSE; To compare tension band wiring (TBW) with Knowles pinning for non-union of type-2 distal clavicle fractures. METHODS 22 men and 6 women aged 23 to 62 (mean, 39) years underwent TBW (n=17) or Knowles pinning (n=11) for non-union of type-2 distal clavicle fractures. Both techniques were supplemented with autogenic cancellous bone grafting. Functional outcome of the shoulder ...

Comparing hook plates and Kirschner tension band wiring for unstable lateral clavicle fractures.

The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes and complications of clavicular hook plate and Kirschner tension band wiring for fixation of unstable lateral clavicle fractures. The surgical outcomes of 92 consecutive patients (mean age, 49.30 ± 15.54 years) with unstable fractures of the lateral clavicle treated using AO clavicle hook plates were compared with those of 24 patients (mean age,...

The Treatment of Mid-shaft Clavicle Fractures.

OBJECTIVE Through reviewing the relevant literature from the past decades, to summarize the assessment and management of fractures of the clavicle, and provide an overview of the clinical results of a range of treatment options. DATA SOURCES The data analyzed in this review are mainly from articles included in PubMed and EMBASE, published from 1960 to 2015. STUDY SELECTION Studies involving...