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DISTAL CLAVICLE [1 record]

Record 1 1996-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
CONT

If the outer end of the clavicle is to be excised it should be accomplished in a line running posteromedially ... and by undercutting to create deep space for the rotator cuff whilst preserving an acromioclavicular arch for deltoid purchase.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
CONT

Abord de l'extrémité externe de la clavicule. Vouloir aborder cette extrémité de la clavicule, c'est aussi pouvoir traiter les lésions de l'articulation acromio-claviculaire.

OBS

«Clavicule distale» : proposition faite par analogie avec «fémur distal», relevé dans Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale. Techniques chirurgicales 1993, vol. 1, n° 44093, p. 1.

Spanish

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