What Is The Success Rate in Clavicle Reduction Surgery?
Q: Dr. Eppley, These questions are regarding Clavicle Reductions: What are the complications associated with surgery? And your success rate?
A: Success rate = 100% as defined by a bony union after surgery
Complications = only seen 2 fixation failures out of 170 clavicles treated, replated and went on to heal. These failures occurred in the first two years of doing the procedures before I went to double plating.
Dr. Eppley
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