Surgical fixation of displaced clavicle fracture in adolescents: a review of literature

• Main Authors: Harish S. Hosalkar, Gaurav Parikh, Bernd Bittersohl
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Open Medical Publishing 2013-10-01
• Series: Orthopedic Reviews
• Subjects: displaced, closed, midshaft clavicle fractures, adolescents, open reduction, internal fixation
• Online Access: http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/or/article/view/4865

The literature available on patient-orientated outcomes of operative management for clavicle fractures in adolescents is fairly limited. Open surgical treatment of displaced midshaft fractures of the clavicle continues to be a topic of controversy. Traditional treatment of clavicle fractures has been via non-operative methods in both children and adults. Management in adolescent patients remains controversial, and rightly so, as the traditional experience from non-operative methods has been regarded as satisfactory, while the literature on the more recent approach towards fixing some of these fractures is evolving. We present a review of relevant literature.