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Displaced Clavicle Fractures

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Description: The controversy concerns the best management of the young athlete with the completely displaced clavicle fracture. Is the optimum management a figure of 8 bandage, with a high incidence of delayed and non-union, or an open operation with complications such as loss of fixation and non-union?

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Don Johnson
Institution: Carleton Sports Medicine Clinic
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Language: English

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Added: Wed Jun 09 2010