Diagnosing clavicle fractures is usually not too difficult given the usual deformity that results from the injury. X-rays of clavicle fractures can look alarming due to how angulated the fractures can ...

Q: My 14-year-old daughter broke her collarbone when she fell during a soccer game. How worried should I be? A: The clavicle (the medical name for the collar bone, there is one on each side of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The treatment of displaced clavicle fractures has historically been mostly nonoperative. However, several recent ...

The clavicle links the upper extremity to the appendicular skeleton and is stabilized by a series of strong ligaments medially and laterally. In the United States, clavicle fractures account for 5% of ...

Clavicle (collar bone) fractures are among the most commonly occurring fractures in kids, and they are definitely the most common shoulder fracture. Typically, they occur when the point of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The results of a recently presented study highlight clavicle fractures as indicators of increased mortality in ...

Data were extracted from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), a publicly available database representing approximately 100 emergency departments in the United States. NEISS was ...