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  #1

8-shaped brace for all clavicle fracture?
or
8-shpaed brace only for proximal 2/3 clavicle fracture + distal 1/3 treated with OR+IF?



  #2

broadly speaking clavicular fractures are treated non-operatively. the vast majority occur arond junction of prox 2/3 and distal 1/3 ( embryologic junction between osteochondral and membranous ossification)

i think the more likely indication for surgery in distal 1/3 will be stuff like open fractures, marked displacement, involvement of the joint, nonunion etc.

in the absence of any particular indication, i will go for non-op treatment including f08 and ordinary collar and cuff.


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thank u very much.







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