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Mid shaft clavicle fracture. Conservative management as good as surgery.

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Musculoskeletal & Orthopaedics

An Alberta Tools for Practice1 found that: High quality evidence demonstrates no significant long-term differences in patient oriented outcomes (pain, function, return to previous activities, or patient satisfaction) with surgery (plate) compared to conservative management.

Approximately 20-38% of surgery patients require a second operation for plate removal.

Reference

  1. Clavicle Fractures: To plate or not to plate, that is the question.
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