Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The treatment of displaced clavicle fractures has historically been mostly nonoperative. However, several recent ...

OTTAWA — Operative fixation yielded better outcomes than conventional sling treatment for completely displaced clavicle shaft fractures in a new Canadian study. The operation offered more rapid union ...

FRACTURES of the clavicle can almost invariably be satisfactorily treated by conservative measures. The fragments unite easily and quickly, and the functional results are good, even though there may ...

Historically, one of the few golden rules of orthopedics was that midshaft clavicle fractures did not need surgical repair. Literature published predominantly within the last 10 years has challenged ...

Each year, one in a thousand people break their clavicle. The treatments have been debated endlessly. Here is our take. The clavicle is a key strut that stabilizes the shoulder. When stretched out to ...

ANY consideration of injury to the clavicle must take into account certain fundamentals. In the first place, absence of the clavicle is not incompatible with normal function of the shoulder girdle.

Background Fractures of the clavicle present very common injuries with a peak of incidence in young active patients. Recently published randomized clinical trials demonstrated an improved functional ...

Diagnosing clavicle fractures is usually not too difficult given the usual deformity that results from the injury. X-rays of clavicle fractures can look alarming due to how angulated the fractures can ...

Mrs. BT brought her 12-day-old baby to the hospital on Christmas day. She had noticed a swelling on the infant’s right arm which she described as painful. She could not really say the day when the ...

OBJECTIVE:Neonatal clavicle fracture has been previously reported to occur in association with shoulder dystocia, suggesting liability on behalf of the obstetrician. However, clavicle fracture is ...