| TITLE: | Shortening of clavicle after fracture. Incidence and clinical significance, a 5-year follow-up of 85 patients. | ||||||
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| AUTHORS: | Nordqvist A; Redlund-Johnell I; von Scheele A; Petersson CJ | ||||||
| AUTHOR AFFILIATION: | Department of Orthopaedics, Malmo University Hospital, Sweden. | ||||||
| SOURCE: | Acta Orthop Scand 1997 Aug;68(4):349-51 | ||||||
| CITATION IDS: | PMID: 9310038 UI: 97455817 | ||||||
| ABSTRACT: | We evaluated the incidence and clinical significance of postfracture shortening of the clavicle in 85 patients. There were 71 mid-clavicular fractures and 14 of the lateral end of the clavicle. 46 fractures were primarily undisplaced and 39 displaced. All fractures were nonoperatively treated with sling immobilization. All patients were reexamined 5 years after the fracture. 35 clavicles had healed with at least 5 mm shortening. Clavicles with originally displaced fractures were shorter and radiologically more frequently malunited. Mobility, strength and the functional Constant score were similar in the injured and normal shoulders. Our findings suggest that permanent shortening of the clavicle is common after fracture, but has no clinical significance. | ||||||
| MAIN MESH HEADINGS: |
Clavicle/*abnormalities Clavicle/*injuries *Fracture Healing Fractures/*complications | ||||||
| ADDITIONAL MESH HEADINGS: |
Activities of Daily Living Adolescence Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Child Child, Preschool Clavicle/radiography Female Follow-Up Studies Fractures/radiography Human Incidence Infant Male Middle Age Prevalence Range of Motion, Articular | ||||||
| PUBLICATION TYPES: | JOURNAL ARTICLE | ||||||
| LANGUAGES: | Eng | ||||||