Category: Orthopedics
Keywords: Clavicle, fracture, surgery (PubMed Search)
Posted: 5/25/2008 by Michael Bond, MD
(Updated: 10/9/2024)
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I remember being taught as a medical student that clavicle fractures could be treated conservatively. A direct quote was "if both ends of the clavicle are in the same room it will heal".
Though conservative treatment with a sling for 6 weeks with early pendulum ROM exercises for the shoulder is appropriate for the vast majority of clavicle fractures surgery should be considered for those that have: