title: Outcome of total claviculectomy in six cases.
abstract: Total claviculectomy is a rare surgical procedure that has been performed for more than 90 years for a variety of indications, such as malignancy, trauma, and infection. What are the results for the pain score, and what is the influence of a total claviculectomy on the range of motion of the shoulder? We could not find the answers in the literature and analyzed 6 cases of total claviculectomy. The pain scores are good in a chronic osteitis case and in the two malignancy cases. In the 3 posttraumatic cases, the indication was pain, and all 3 had poor results because of persistent pain. All 6 patients had full range of motion. A resection of the entire clavicle did not disturb the motion of the shoulder. A tendency but no final conclusions can be drawn because of too few patients and heterogeneous indications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ronald N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Wessel
authors.forename: Gerard R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Schaap
mesh_terms: D000173:Acromioclavicular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002968:Clavicle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome