A sixty-year-old woman was admitted with an acute subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm after a closed fracture of the middle third of the right clavicle. This manifested itself a few days after the injury as a slowly growing, pulsatile and purple tumour-like mass in the right supraclavicular fossa. The distal pulses were normal, but this observation does not exclude a vascular trauma. This is an un...

Background: Surgical treatment of acute displaced mid-shaft fractures of the clavicular remains challenging. In this meta-analysis, we pooled studies to compare plating with intramedullary fixation for this injury. Methods: The electronic databases MEDLINE, EMABSE, BIOSIS and Google scholar were searched. RCTs and cohort studies evaluating plating versus intramedullary fixation for displaced mi...

Aim: To treat midshaft clavicle fractures using open reduction with internal fixation and titanium elastic nailing system. The purpose of this review article is to narrate various difficulty encountered in patients fracture. Method: An extensive search all materials related the topic was done for 25 years Google Scholar many more engines. Overall, 20 articles focusing on different aspects mid s...

Historically, fractures of the clavicle have been treated nonoperatively. However, it is becoming much more common for orthopedic surgeons to treat clavicle fractures with open reduction and internal fixation-particularly fractures of the lateral clavicle with high rates of nonunion, such as the Neer type II. Several techniques and devices are currently being used for clavicle fixation. We pres...

BACKGROUND Nonunion frequently follows distal clavicle fracture. Traditional pinning methods using the through acromioclavicular articulation may result in osteoarthritic changes or ankylosis. This study introduces a direct pinning technique in which the acromioclavicular joint is spared. METHODS Twelve patients with displaced distal clavicle fractures received open reduction and fixation wit...

Most clavicle fractures heal without difficulty. However, radiographic nonunion after distal clavicle fracture has been reported in 10% to 44% of patients. Type II distal clavicle fractures, which involve displacement, are associated with the highest incidence of nonunion. Several studies have questioned the clinical relevance of distal clavicle nonunion, however. Nonsurgical and surgical manag...

We describe a rare case of an anatomical variant of the supraclavicular nerve in the intra-operative setting of clavicle fixation for a fracture. Intra-operatively it was noted that one of the supraclavicular nerves was passing through a foramen in the clavicle shaft. A 60-year-old gentleman presented with a displaced multifragmentary fracture of the left clavicle after a fall. Plate fixation w...

Recent studies favor surgical management of displaced clavicle fractures. Displacement is measured using anterior-posterior (AP) X-rays. Since displacement can occur in all three dimensions, however, standard methods of evaluation can be difficult and inaccurate. This study was conducted to determine the X-ray angle that provides the most accurate assessment. Nine CT scans of acute displaced cl...

Patients with isolated clavicle fractures are frequent in the emergency department. However, unusual clavicle fractures complications, such as pneumothorax, are rare. Previous reports indicated that all pneumothorax cases were treated via performing thoracostomy. Conservatively, the treatment of the clavicle fracture, like in our case, was successful. Despite the fact that isolated clavicle fra...