The clavicular nonuion is uncommon, but when it does occur, it can make many difficult problems. We reviewed 22 patients with nonunion of a clavicular fracture treated by internal fixation and bone graft in our hospital from Octover, 1985 to
July,
1991.
19 patients were atropic nonunion, and 3 patients were hypertropic nonunion. Time to follow-up averaged 1 year 4 months(range 8 months to 29 months).
@ES The results were as follows;
@EN The average duration of radiologic union was 10.5 weeks. Furthermor, the most common cause of nonuion was unreduced displaced displaced fragment and the complications were frozen shoulders in 2 cases, fixation loss in 2 cases and metal
failure
in 1
case.
We recommand that tehprocedure ofchoice of symptomatic clavicular nonunion seemed to be rigid internal fixation with plate and 4 or more screws, and bone graft. It provides good stability at the nonunion site and permits early mobilization of
patients
with excellent fuctional results.
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