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Comparing the locking screw direction of three locking plates for lateral clavicle fractures: a simulation study.

Shingo AbeKota KoizumiTsuyoshi MuraseKohji Kuriyama
Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2021)
Screw angles and the numbers of screws that could be inserted in the lateral fragment differed among products. Other augmented fixation procedures should be considered for fractures with fragment sizes < 25 mm that cannot be fixed with a sufficient number of screws.
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