Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical results of surgical treatment for unstable midshaft clavicular fractures using locking compression plate (LCP).
We treated twenty-eight patients (21 men, 7 women, mean age 47 years) between December 2003 and November 2009. The mean duration of follow-up was 10 months. Finally, all of the patients achieved bone union. The mean time of bone union was 14 weeks (9-26 weeks). The complications were loosening of locking screw in three cases and back out of plate in two cases.
Our results show that fixation of unstable midshaft clavicular fractures with LCP provides satisfactory results. However, there was a limit in fixation of locking screw in superior position of LCP. Therefore, according to the case it is necessary to limit briskness to some degree until the bone union.
