title: External fixation of the clavicle for fracture or non-union in adults.
abstract: A technique of osteosynthesis of the clavicle with Hoffmann external fixation was used to treat twenty patients for selected indications, including an open fracture, inability of a patient to tolerate prolonged conservative treatment, or a painful non-union. No vascular or pleural complication was observed. The average time that the external fixator was retained was fifty-one days. All of the clavicles united well. Mobility of the shoulder returned to normal in all patients.
authors.affiliation: Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, Hôpital Erasme, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schuind
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pay-Pay
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Andrianne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donkerwolcke
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rasquin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burny
mesh_terms: D002968:Clavicle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D011859:Radiography