http://drdavidduckworth.com.au/orthopaedic-blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:35:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Introduction : It is now generally accepted that displaced midshaft clavicle fractures benefit from internal fixation. Plating and intramedullary fixation have become the accepted methods of fixation. The purpose of this study was to see if one method of fixation of clavicle fractures has a lower complication rate and higher ... http://drdavidduckworth.com.au/orthopaedic-blog/?p=23 Introduction Displaced Mason type II fractures of the radial head are often treated non-operatively. However it has been our experience that a number of patients with these injuries have an unsatisfactory result due to a malunion or nonunion of the radial head. The literature however does not address ... http://drdavidduckworth.com.au/orthopaedic-blog/?p=21 Introduction: Methods of internal fixation of clavicle fractures include intramedullary devices and plate fixation. Intramedullary devices had the advantage of a smaller incision and therefore less paraesthesia distal to the scar. With more anatomical and less bulky plates we now have a surgical technique enabling one ... http://drdavidduckworth.com.au/orthopaedic-blog/?p=13 Operative outcome of displaced medial-end clavicle fractures in adults Adrian K. Low, MBBS, David G. Duckworth, FRACS, and Desmond J. Bokor, FRACS, Sydney, Australia The results following nonoperative treatment of displaced, medial end clavicle fractures is often unsatisfactory; but no study has yet reported the outcome of operative ... http://drdavidduckworth.com.au/orthopaedic-blog/?p=5