No Difference in Risk of Implant Removal Between Orthogonal Mini-Fragment and Single Small-Fragment Plating of Midshaft Clavicle Fractures in a Military Population: A Preliminary Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study was underpowered to show differences in implant removal but may serve as a pilot for larger randomized controlled trials or multi-institutional studies on this topic. Although there was increased operative time to insert two plates, there was no difference in overall complications. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, therapeutic study. PMID: 31397703 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31397703?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - August 4, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Lee C, Feaker DA, Ostrofe AA, Smith CS Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research

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