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Table 3 The retrospective series that used distal locking plates combined with CC ligament fixation are compared

From: Locking plate combined with titanium cable for Neer type II distal clavicle fractures

Author

Number of patients

Mean follow-up

Fixation method

Union rate

Functional outcome

Complications

Implant removal

Kalamaras et al. [8]

9

13.6 months

1.Synthes distal radius LCP (9/9)

2. Suture cerclage (6/9)

100 %

Average Constant 96

Wound infection (1)

Malreduction (1)

0

Herrmann et al. [12]

7

8.3 months

3.5 mm locking T-plate

with suture cerclage

100 %

Average Constant 93.3

Average DASH 15.3

None

2

Andersen et al. [7]

20

30.7 months

1. Locking plate (20/20)

2. suture cerclage (9/20)

3. CC screw (2/20)

94 %

Average ASES 79.0

Infected nonunion (1)

Peri-implant fracture (1)

4

Schliemann et al. [14]

14

38 months

3.5 mm locking plate

with suture button

100 %

Average Constant 93.5

implant irritation (3)

CC ligaments calcifications (3)

7

Johnston et al. [13]

6

15.6 months

Distal clavicle locking plate with suture button

100 %

Average ASES 97.97

None

1

Lei Han et al. [11]

12

26.3 months

Anatomical locking plate with suture anchor augmentation

100 %

Average Constant 94

Average DASH 10.4

None

NR

Fan Zhang et al. (present study)

21

20.6 months

Distal clavicle anatomical locking plate with titanium Cable

100 %

Average Constant 94.6

Average UCLA 33.3

Wound infection (1)

2

  1. CC coracoclavicular; ASES American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons; DASH Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand; NR not reported