Does a minimal invasive approach reduce anterior chest wall numbness and postoperative pain in plate fixation of clavicle fractures?

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• 作者：Marc Beirer ; Lukas Postl ; Moritz Crönlein…
• 关键词：Anterior chest wall numbness ; Clavicle fracture ; Mini open ; Minimal invasive ; Locking compression plate
• 刊名：BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：16
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1,426 KB
• 刊物主题：Orthopedics; Rehabilitation; Rheumatology; Sports Medicine; Internal Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2474

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Background Fractures of the clavicle present very common injuries with a peak of incidence in young active patients. Recently published randomized clinical trials demonstrated an improved functional outcome and a lower rate of nonunions in comparison to non-operative treatment. Anterior chest wall numbness due to injury of the supraclavicular nerve and postoperative pain constitute common surgery related complications in plate fixation of displaced clavicle fractures. We recently developed a technique for mini open plating (MOP) of the clavicle to reduce postoperative numbness and pain. The purpose of this study was to analyze the size of anterior chest wall numbness and the intensity of postoperative pain in MOP in comparison to conventional open plating (COP) of clavicle fractures.