Treatment of Fracture Clavicle by Ilizarov Technique

Results of Clavicle Fracture Treatment in Children.

Treatment of clavicle fracture is principally outpatient. Operative treatment is accompanied by the need for more x-rays and possible complications. Fractures with absolute indications for operative treatment occur only sporadically and these indications are relatively clear, but children often undergo surgery because of relative indications (shortening, fragment displacement, multifragmentary ...

The Comparison of Results of Treatment of Midshaft Clavicle Fracture between Operative Treatment with Plate and Non-Operative Treatment

Background:  Clavicle fractures are common and usually heal without complications. In this study, we evaluated the outcomes of non-operative versus operative management of displaced fractures.   Methods:  In a prospective clinical trial study, sixty-five patients with displaced clavicle mid-shaft fractures were nonrandomly divided in two treatment groups. The first group underwent non-operative...

Clavicle Fracture

The clavicle, proximal humerus and the scapula together form the shoulder joint. The clavicle also forms the bony connection between the upper limb and the thorax. It articulates with the acromion process of the scapula laterally, at the acromioclavicular joint, and the manubrium of the sternum medially, at the sternoclavicular joint. Ligaments connect the coracoid process of the scapula to the...

Technique for Putting up Fracture of the Clavicle

ment. When much leverage on the first turn of strapping on the arm is necessary to reduce the overlapping of the fragments and maintain reduction the arm becomes very swollen and the skin abraded, and very often the patient cannot tolerate the appliance. The clavicular cross is cumbersome and the lower end where it impinges on the sacrum tends to slip downwards and to carry the shoulders-., wit...

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