Midshaft clavicular fractures: the role of operative treatment.
Plate fixation remains a staple for open fractures, closed fractures requiring open management, and nonunions, especially if bone grafting is required.
Graves
Matthew L
ML
Section of Sports Medicine and Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson Miss. 39216-4505, USA.
Geissler
William B
WB
Freeland
Alan E
AE
D000293:Adolescent; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002968:Clavicle / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male