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Clavicle Fractures

Clavicle Fracture Displaced

Mechanism

 

Usually a direct blow 

- less commonly a fall on the outstretched hand

 

RTA / sporting accidents commonest causes

 

Can be pathological as a result of radionecrosis

- eg following radiotherapy for breast cancer.  

 

Incidence

 

Fractures of the clavicle are common