In some cases, it is so mild that it is not diagnosed until the fracture begins to heal and a bump in the bone (callus) is noticed at the collarbone. In a newborn, a broken clavicle almost always ...

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 ...

Although often viewed as benign injuries, clavicular fractures can lead to complications ... grafts to obtain union and restore the clavicle to its normal length. The purpose of this paper ...

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 ...

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.

After the fracture is exposed, the fibrous nonunion is debrided and bony prominences at the site of nonunion are trimmed. After restoring the clavicle to its normal length, we measure the ...