title: Bipolar dislocation of the clavicle: 3D CT imaging and delayed surgical correction of a case.
abstract: I report a case of traumatic floating clavicle in a woman aged 18 years, successfully treated 19 days after the accident by bipolar open reduction and wire stabilization. The pertinent literature is briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica, Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 3, 35128 Padua, Italy. raffaele.scapinelli@unipd.it
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scapinelli
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000173:Acromioclavicular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome