Journal: Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Article Title: Secondary manubriosternal joint dislocation displacement in a teenager patient
doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2023-001259
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Operating field view after a 7 cm midsternal incision and debridement of the manubriosternal joint. (B) Osteosynthesis with two L-shaped plates, two 2.4 mm non-locking standard screws at the top of plates, and four 2.4 mm angular stable locking screws at the bottom of the plates. (C, D) Intraoperative chest X-ray control after osteosynthesis showing a perfect correction of the displacement.
Article Snippet: Osteosynthesis between the manubrium and the sternal body was carried out using two L-shaped plates (Synthes, left and right LCP dorsal distal radius L-plate 2.4, TiCP-442.501 and TiCP-442.503), two 2.4 mm non-locking standard screws (Synthes, Cortex Screw StarDrive 2.4 mm, self-tapping, TAN-401.762) at the top of the plates, and four 2.4 mm angular stable locking screws (Synthes, Locking Screw StarDrive 2.4 mm, self-tapping, TAN-412.810) at the bottom of the plates.
Techniques: Control