Treatment of posttraumatic midshaft clavicular pseudarthrosis with the Herbert cannulated bone screw and autologous bone grafting. A case report.
Pseudarthrosis of the midshaft of the clavicle can be treated successfully using the Herbert cannulated bone screw with no need for a second operation to remove the implant after bone union.
Proubasta
I R
IR
Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Itarte
J P
JP
De Frutos
A G
AG
Cáceres
E P
EP
D000328:Adult; D001863:Bone Screws; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*