Open AccessLateral Clavicle Fractures with Coracoclavicular Ligament Disruption (Neer’s Type IIB): Review of Literature and a New Technique for All-Suture Fixation
Author(s) -
Praveen Sarda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/ortho.ijortho_485_18
Subject(s) - medicine , coracoclavicular ligament , clavicle , surgery , implant , fixation (population genetics) , osteolysis , fibrous joint , range of motion , coracoid , ligament , population , environmental health
All-suture fixation for the treatment of Neer's Type IIB lateral clavicle fractures by coracoclavicular (CC) ligament reconstruction has become popular in the past decade. Results of modified under-coracoid-around-clavicle (UCAC) technique are reported in this paper.