1 Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Neonatal Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK 2 Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, 22–28 Princess Road ...

Clavicle fractures, or broken collarbones, are typically treated without surgery. There is some evidence, though, to suggest that clavicle fractures may heal faster and more predictably when surgical ...

The clavicle (collarbone) is one of the most fractured bones in the body. Symptoms of a broken collarbone include severe pain and swelling at the site of the fracture and with visible deformity in ...

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.

Most recent studies show that clavicle fractures in people under 18 years old almost always heal and remodel to essentially a normal length on their own, without surgery.1 Adult clavicle fractures ...

1. This retrospective cohort study found that immediate weight-bearing following clavicle fracture fixation in patients with concurrent lower extremity trauma does not impact rates of hardware failure ...

A fractured clavicle, or fractured collarbone, generally occurs from a fall onto the shoulder or after enough pressure is placed on the bone that it breaks. The fracture may be partial or complete and ...

The shoulder consists of three bones: the clavicle, or collarbone the scapula, or shoulder blade the proximal humerus, or upper arm A bone fracture is a crack or break in a bone, and a shoulder ...

Introduction A clavicle fracture change the mechanical axes of the shoulder girdle, potentially leading to scapular protraction and decreased subacromial space. Clavicle fractures could therefore ...

Introduction: Concomitant acromioclavicular joint dislocation and midshaft clavicle fracture are rare injuries, generally resulting from high energy trauma, with limited previous experience in ...

All the ultrasounds were performed by one trained neonatologist. The flow chart of the use of ultrasound to diagnose neonatal fracture is shown in Figure 1 (taking clavicle fracture as an example).