Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Patient outcomes

From: Functional outcomes of operative fixation of clavicle fractures in patients with floating shoulder girdle injuries

Case number	Final follow-up					3 months
Case number	Forward flexion	Abduction	Pain	Subsequent surgery	Return to work	Herscovici score^a
1	180	180	Minimal	None	Full return	15
2	180	180	Minimal	None	Full return	10
3	180	180	Minimal	None	Full return	13
4	180	180	Minimal	None	Full return	14
5	150	140	Minimal	None	Full return	15
6	150	150	Minimal	None	Full return	13
7	180	120	Minimal	None	Full return	11
8	160	160	Minimal	None	Full return	15
9	180	180	Minimal	Implant removal	Full return	14
10	140	110	Minimal	None	Full return	11
11	180	180	Moderate	Implant removal	Full return	14
12	180	180	Minimal	None	Full return	13
13	180	180	High	Nonunion revision	Restrictions	10

Minimal, moderate, and high pain levels correspond to VAS of 1–3, 4–6, and 7–10, respectively
^aMean Herscovici for all patients at 3 months was 12.9

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