Total claviculectomy for pathological fractures

Total claviculectomy for pathological fractures

Two patients with pathological fractures of the clavicle were treated by total claviculectomy with relief of symptoms. Subsequent drooping of the shoulder with mild weakness of the affected upper extremity seems related to the loss of normal arcuate shoulder motion that is dependent upon the yardarm...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical orthopaedics and related research 1977-11, Vol.129 (129), p.236-237
1. Verfasser: Spar, I
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aged
Clavicle - injuries
Fractures, Bone - surgery
Humans
Male
Methods
Middle Aged
Movement
Shoulder - physiopathology
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Zusammenfassung:Two patients with pathological fractures of the clavicle were treated by total claviculectomy with relief of symptoms. Subsequent drooping of the shoulder with mild weakness of the affected upper extremity seems related to the loss of normal arcuate shoulder motion that is dependent upon the yardarm function of the clavicle.
ISSN:0009-921X
DOI:10.1097/00003086-197711000-00034