title: Operative treatment of mid-shaft clavicular non-union.
abstract: Between 1974 and 1999, we treated operatively 28 patients with a symptomatic mid-shaft clavicular non-union using AO osteosynthesis, including bone grafting. Nine patients had a wave-plate osteosynthesis and 19 a standard AO/ASIF osteosynthesis. The mean follow-up was 10 (2-25) years. All but one non-union showed full bony consolidation. Pre-operatively, brachialgia was present in 12 patients. Of these patients, six were treated using standard osteosynthesis technique and six by wave-plate osteosynthesis. Post-operatively, patients treated by wave-plate osteosynthesis had no brachialgia and also had a higher Constant score than those patients treated using standard AO/ASIF techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Marti
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Nolte
authors.forename: G M M J
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kerkhoffs
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Besselaar
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Schaap
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001860:Bone Plates; D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome