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Background Plate breakage is one form of construct failure after a clavicle fracture treated with an open reduction and plate fixation. A recent study evaluated construct failure after an open reduction and plate fixation and reported a construct failure rate of 6.9% of which 1.9% were related to broken plates. Plate breakage is rare, thus, there are insufficient data regarding risk factors, pathogenesis,...
Locking plate fixation for proximal humeral fractures is a commonly used device. Recently, plate breakages were continuously reported that the implants all have a mixture of holes allowing placement of both locking and non-locking screws (so-called combi plates). In commercialized proximal humeral plates, there still are two screw hole styles included “locking and dynamic holes separated” and “locking...
Ursachen des Versagens einer Plattenosteosynthese Das Versagen einer Plattenosteosynthese stellt für den Operateur nicht selten eine Herausforderung dar. Zunächst muss die zugrundeliegende Ursache erkannt und im Rahmen der gewählten Therapiestrategie korrekt adressiert werden. So führen periimplantäre Frakturen am Plattenende, aber auch Schraubenlockerungen oder eben Plattenbrüche auf Höhe der ehemaligen...
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