title: Surgical treatment of displaced medial clavicle fractures using a small T-shaped plate and tension band sutures.
abstract: The surgical treatment of medial clavicle nonunion is associated with high complication and failure rates, particularly with regard to metal work migration. Therefore, we describe a simple surgical procedure for displaced medial clavicle fractures using a small T-shaped plate and multiple tension band sutures. After stabilizing the medial clavicle fracture using a small nonunion for the distal radius, our simple technique for preventing high complication and failure rates is performed easily and effectively, with sufficient tension band sutures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, 640 Daesa-Dong, Jung-Gu, Daejeon 301-040, South Korea. kckim@cnu.ac.kr
authors.forename: Kyung Cheon
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun Dae
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Soo Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cha
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013537:Sutures