Table 1.

Data of the 16 evaluated patients

Patient	Age/sex side	Mechanism of injury	Plate removal (months)	Follow-up (months)	Type of separationa
Allogenic tendon
1	34/male right	Fall from height	–	28	IV
2	43/male left	Traffic accident	–	43	V
3	59/male left	Traffic accident	–	24	V
4	64/female right	Traffic accident	–	29	IV
5	72/male left	Traffic accident	–	29	III
6	23/male left	Traffic accident	–	33	III
7	34/female right	Traffic accident	–	27	V
8	63/male left	Traffic accident	–	25	V
Hook plate
1	56/male right	Blunt trauma	10	30	III
2	22/male left	Traffic accident	7	31	III
3	34/male left	Traffic accident	5	24	V
4	31/male left	Traffic accident	8	26	V
5	42/female right	Traffic accident	11	46	III
6	37/female right	Traffic accident	8	39	III
7	63/male right	Traffic accident	11	25	V
8	45/female left	Traffic accident	12	26	V

^aAccording to the Rockwood classification [29]