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Figure 8 | Patient Safety in Surgery

Figure 8

From: Safe surgical technique: reconstruction of the sternoclavicular joint for posttraumatic arthritis after posterior sternoclavicular dislocation

Figure 8

Surgical revision reveals posttraumatic arthritis at the medial clavicular head (1) and an incompetent anterior sternoclavicular ligament (2). A partial resection arthroplasty of the medial clavicle was performed, with the osteotomy level just medial to the insertion of the costoclavicular ligament (3). The resected medial clavicle head (inserted panel) should be less than 1 cm wide in order to avoid jeopardizing the integrity of the costoclavicular ligament.

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Patient Safety in Surgery

ISSN: 1754-9493