Nickel-titanium shape memory alloy lock in treatment of bone fractures of the clavicle report of 24 cases.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 6 Nickel-titanium shape memory alloy lock in treatment of bone fractures of the clavicle report of 24 cases Of: Chen Hongbing, Zheng Yulong, Wang Weimin [Keywords:] nickel-titanium shape memory alloy, compressive connector, clavicle fracture Clavicle fracture is more common in bone trauma, accounting for 6% of the body fractures. Since conservative treatment is difficult to firmly fixed fracture fragments, often leads to complications such as malunion, so use more clinical surgery. Surgical treatment of clavicle fracture many ways, a Kirschner wire fixation, plate fixation, with its surgical advantages and disadvantages. hospital from February 2002 to August 2007 fresh clavicular fractures were treated in 35 cases, including nickel titanium memory alloy lock bone for treatment of 24 patients, postoperative results were satisfactory, excellent shoulder function in patients, are as follows. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 Clinical data of 24 cases in this group were 18 males and 6 females, aged 19 to 70 years, average 31.5 years old. The patients were fresh fracture, 16 cases in which the left shoulder, right shoulder in 8 cases, 11 cases of car accident injuries , fall in 8 cases, 3 cases of other boxing injuries, heavy injured in 2 cases. injury to operation was 0 ~ 9 d, an average of 6 d. No other bone fracture in all cases, generally in good condition with no serious complications other systems . 1.2 surgical supine position, suffering from high shoulder pads, head to the contralateral, local anesthesia or general anesthesia. To fracture as the center point along the axis of the clavicle to make a 6 ~ 10 cm long incision and completely stop bleeding, remove embedded fracture section of soft tissue and blood clots, fully reveal the fracture. the minor fracture periosteal stripping the two ends, filed with the reduction clamp fracture reduction at both ends to give, choose the appropriate length, diameter smaller than the shaf