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Fig. 3

From: A three-stage procedure using bone transportation for the treatment of sternoclavicular infectious arthritis

Fig. 3

Radiographic results. a A radiograph with a 20° cephalic tilt of the right clavicle taken immediately after the surgery shows the osteotomy site and the 35-mm resection of the proximal clavicle during debridement of the SCJ. b An anteroposterior (AP) radiograph of the right clavicle taken at postoperative week 10 shows regeneration after distraction at 0.75 mm/day. c An AP radiograph of the right clavicle taken at week 26 shows consolidation of the regenerated area. d, e An AP radiograph and computed tomography scan with three-dimensional reconstruction of the right clavicle taken at week 56 after the removal of the external fixator demonstrates the sustained restoration of the clavicle length and the integrity of the sternoclavicular joint

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