title: RESULTS OF CLAVICLE FRACTURE TREATMENT IN CHILDREN.
abstract: Treatment of clavicle fracture is principally outpatient. Operative treatment is accompanied by the need for more x-rays and possible complications. Fractures with absolute indications for operative treatment occur only sporadically and these indications are relatively clear, but children often undergo surgery because of relative indications (shortening, fragment displacement, multifragmentary fractures), which are open to debate. In a retrospective study on 256 children, of 44 (17%) patients that received operative treatment only one 17-year-old boy had an absolute indication for surgical intervention. Other indications were fragment distraction (22 mm on average), age, associated injuries, and multifragmentary fracture. The placement of K-wire of appropriate thickness is often difficult, since the wire tends to bend and break, and patients have to undergo two additional operations of plate and screw fixation and later removal. In this retrospective study, we considered the advantages of using titanium or an elastic steel pin. All patients had favorable outcome, although some experienced numbness around the operation scar (4.5%), skin infections around the wire (15%), and/or the implanted K-wire damage (7%).
authors.forename: Anko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antabak
authors.forename: Nikša
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matković
authors.forename: Judith Adrianne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Deutsch
authors.forename: Dino
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Papeš
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karlo
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Romić
authors.forename: Nino
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: Tomislav
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Luetić
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001860:Bone Plates; D001864:Bone Wires; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome