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[Errors and dangers in the treatment of fractures and pseudarthroses of the clavicle]. 1984

V Echtermeyer, and H Zwipp, and H J Oestern

The rate of pseudarthrosis in 726 conservatively treated fractures of the clavicula was 0.69%. The danger of hyperporoses lies in neurovascular compression. Errors in treatment pertain to wrong operative indications and inadequate osteosyntheses. Surgery should be performed only in 2nd and 3rd degree open fractures and/or concomitant neurovascular lesions (2.06%), in distal fracture dislocations with instability of the AC-joint (1.6%) and in cases of painful pseudarthrosis (n = 46). The implant of choice is the 3.5 DCP. Six cortical contacts must be achieved in each fragment.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011542	Pseudarthrosis	A pathologic entity characterized by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal BONY CALLUS leading to existence of the "false joint" that gives the condition its name. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Pseudoarthrosis,Pseudarthroses,Pseudoarthroses
D002968	Clavicle	A bone on the ventral side of the shoulder girdle, which in humans is commonly called the collar bone.	Collar Bone,Bone, Collar,Bones, Collar,Clavicles,Collar Bones
D005593	Fracture Fixation, Internal	The use of internal devices (metal plates, nails, rods, etc.) to hold the position of a fracture in proper alignment.	Osteosynthesis, Fracture,Fixation, Internal Fracture,Fixations, Internal Fracture,Fracture Fixations, Internal,Fracture Osteosyntheses,Fracture Osteosynthesis,Internal Fracture Fixation,Internal Fracture Fixations,Osteosyntheses, Fracture
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012306	Risk	The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome.	Relative Risk,Relative Risks,Risk, Relative,Risks,Risks, Relative
D050723	Fractures, Bone	Breaks in bones.	Bone Fractures,Broken Bones,Spiral Fractures,Torsion Fractures,Bone Fracture,Bone, Broken,Bones, Broken,Broken Bone,Fracture, Bone,Fracture, Spiral,Fracture, Torsion,Fractures, Spiral,Fractures, Torsion,Spiral Fracture,Torsion Fracture