[Surgical Treatment of Clavicle Midshaft Fractures - Prospective Randomized Trial].

CONCLUSIONS We consider the intramedullar osteosynthesis to be the most appropriate surgical approach for simple midshaft spiral, oblique and transverse clavicle fractures and also wedge oblique fractures. Plate osteosynthesis is useful for all types of fractures. No statistically significant difference in the rate of bone healing was observed after intramedullar or extramedullar ostesynthesis, but multifragmentary fractures healed faster when plate osteosynthesis was used. The determining factor for the received radiation dose is solely the surgical method, not the type of fracture. There is a statistically significant difference in shorter X-ray exposure and lower received radiation dose in plate fixation and reduction. The complication rate is comparable in both the methods. Key words: elastic stable intramedullary nailing, midshaft clavicle fracture, ESIN, TEN, titan elastic nail, clavicle plate osteosynthesis, 3.5 LCP clavicular plate, indication for midshaft fracture treatment. PMID: 32396510 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Acta Chir Orthop Traumatol Cech Source Type: research