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Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 54. No. 3., 2015.

Review article

Results of Clavicle Fracture Treatment in Children

Anko Antabak orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-6139-7799 ; Clinical Department of Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Nikša Matković ; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Lana Stanić ; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Judith Adrianne Deutsch ; Department of Anesthesiology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Dino Papeš ; Clinical Department of Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Robert Karlo ; Department of Pediatric Surgery, Zadar General Hospital, Zadar, Croatia
Ivan Romić ; Clinical Department of Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Nino Fuchs ; Clinical Department of Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Luetić ; Clinical Department of Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

Treatment of clavicle fracture is principally outpatient. Operative treatment is accompanied by the need for more x-rays and possible complications. Fractures with absolute indications for operative treatment occur only sporadically and these indications are relatively clear, but children often undergo surgery because of relative indications (shortening, fragment displacement, multifragmentary fractures), which are open to debate. In a retrospective study on 256 children, of 44 (17%) patients that received operative treatment only one 17-year-old boy had an absolute indication for surgical intervention. Other indications were fragment distraction (22 mm on average), age, associated injuries, and multifragmentary fracture. The placement of K-wire of appropriate thickness is often difficult, since the wire tends to bend and break, and patients have to undergo two additional operations of plate and screw fixation and later removal. In this retrospective study, we considered the advantages of using titanium or an elastic steel pin. All patients had favorable
outcome, although some experienced numbness around the operation scar (4.5%), skin infections around the wire (15%), and/or the implanted K-wire damage (7%).

Keywords

Clavicle – injuries; Fractures, bone – surgery; Fractures, bone – therapy; Child

Hrčak ID:

148935

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/148935

Publication date:

1.11.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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