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The purpose of this study was to evaluate results of the surgical treatment of lateral clavicle fractures in our hospital. We treated 32 lateral clavicle fractures in 27 men and five women with a mean age of 39.7 years (range: 13 to 69 years). The mean follow-up period was 11.3 months.
There were 24 Robinson type 3B1 fractures and eight Robinson type 3B2 fractures. Tension band wiring was used in 22 cases and a clavicular hook plate in eight. Complications commonly occurred with K-wires, which migrated in eight cases, resulting in loss of reduction in four cases and two cases of re-operation. In the clavicular hook plate group, there was no complication. Radiographically, changes of the acromioclavicular joint appeared in 15 cases (12 cases in the tension band wiring group, three cases in the hook plate group).
