Intramedullary screw fixation for midshaft fractures of the clavicle
β Scribed by Ayman Khalil
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0341-2695
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## Abstract Intramedullary fixation is used increasingly to treat clavicular fractures. Anatomical variations in the clavicle of relevance to this procedure are analyzed. The length, diameters and curvature of the clavicle were measured in 196 specimens from the dissecting room. The calcium bone de
Five fractures of the capitellum were fixed with a Herbert screw. Three patients had a type 1 fracture and two patients had a type 2 fracture. In four patients the fragment was fixed by insertion of the screw from the lateral epicondyle towards the joint line, with good clinical and radiological res