This study aims to investigate appropriate treatment methods for floating shoulder injury (FSI). Fiftysix FSI patients treated from February 2006 to August 2014 were enrolled, and divided into three groups: a nonsurgical treatment group (Group A), a surgical treatment with single clavicular fixation group (Group B), and a surgical treatment with combined clavicular and scapular fixation group (...

La luxación acromio-clavicular es una de las injurias traumáticas más comunes del hombro y representa el 9% todas lesiones la cintura escapular. El manejo se realiza acuerdo a clasificación Rockwood, siendo luxaciones grado IV, V VI que generalmente reparan mediante cirugía. Existen varias técnicas quirúrgicas para reparación V, técnica Phemister modificada usada, sin embargo, han planteado nue...

A consecutive series of 150 patients with clavicular fractures is presented. In 81% detailed information regarding the mechanism of the injury was available and, of these, 94% had fractured their clavicle from a direct blow on the shoulder; only 6% had fallen on the outstretched hand. This finding, at variance with commonly held views regarding the mechanism of this injury, was further investig...

Tuberculosis of clavicle is one of the rarely reported pathology of skeletal tuberculosis in the literature. It is difficult to diagnose because other conditions of clavicle also presents with same confusing picture, which can lead to delay in proper diagnosis and treatment. Our case is a young adolescent female presenting with complaints of mild pain and swelling in mid clavicular region for t...

MINERVA ORTOPEDICA E TRAUMATOLOGICA 217 trend in clavicle fracture management has been non-operative with positive functional outcomes.9 However, as functional assessment is becoming more understood, surgical intervention is becoming popular. This paper will discuss the benefits of non-operative and operative treatments of mid-shaft clavicular fractures. Athletes or individuals with increased o...

A hook-plate is a clavicular small fragment AO plate with a hook engaging below the acromion. It is primarily used to secure the ligament repair in the treatment of displaced acromioclavicular joint dislocations. We have used the hook-plate in conjunction with a Weaver-Dunn procedure to secure the repair in seven patients. In another three we used this plate to reduce and stabilize distal clavi...

PURPOSE To review the outcomes of clavicular hook plate fixation for grade-III acromioclavicular (AC) dislocation in young athletes. METHODS Medical records of 14 male and 5 female athletes aged 18 to 49 (mean, 29) years who underwent fixation with a 3.5-mm-thick, 15-mm-long clavicular hook plate for acute grade-III AC dislocation were reviewed. The visual analogue score for pain and the Cons...