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Indications The authors prefer this technique for symptomatic medial clavicular nonunions type 1 or acute displaced fractures (relative indication) (type 1B) (see Chapter 4 , Fig. 4.4 ). For this fracture morphology, the hook plate provides resistance to the anterior…
Relevant Anatomy The clavicle is the first long bone to ossify. However, the epiphysis at the medial end of the clavicle is the last of the long bones to appear and is the last epiphysis to close. It does not…