A safe technique for sternoclavicular stabilization.
Sternoclavicular stabilization using metal implants is associated with an unacceptably high complication rate. A simple and safe technique of sternoclavicular stabilization utilizing sutures and the clinical results thereof are described in this case of an 11-year-old boy with an unstable anterior sternoclavicular dislocation.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India. mthacker@nemours.org
Mihir M
MM
Thacker
Joy V
JV
Patankar
Arvind B
AB
Goregaonkar
D000058:Accidental Falls; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D013247:Sternoclavicular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed