Bilateral clavicle non-unions treated with anteroinferior locking compression plating (LCP): a case report.
The author reports the case of a 30-year-old female patient with bilateral atrophic non-union of the clavicle; the latter both healed after internal fixation with a locking compression plate fixed on the anteroinferior aspect of the clavicle, combined with autologous cancellous bone grafting. The advantages of the anteroinferior positioning of the plate on the clavicle are presented.
Kloen
Peter
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. p.kloen@amc.uva.nl
D000328:Adult; D001860:Bone Plates; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002968:Clavicle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; 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; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011859:Radiography; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome