Your clavicle, or collarbone, is the long, thin bone that connects your chest to your shoulder. You have one on each side of your body. These bones help hold up your shoulders and allow you to move ...

A shoulder fracture is a broken bone in the shoulder. These fractures typically occur after a fall or high impact collision. In most cases, surgery is not necessary to treat a shoulder fracture. The ...

A prospective, multicentre cohort study of 167 patients in eight emergency departments with clavicle injury. Emergency physicians with ultrasound training performed diagnostic POCUS. They obtained ...

Most clavicle fractures heal well without surgery using a sling or splint. Surgery may be needed if the fracture is badly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “I’ve been doing this now for over 25 years,” he said. “Clavicle fractures always are a part of our practice.” ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pediatric clavicle fractures may be increasing in severity, despite no increases in annual injury incidence.

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 ...