Clavicle Fracture Healing Time - Sporting Goods

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. The clavicle, collarbone, or keybone is a slender, S-shaped long bone approximately 15 centimetres (6 in) long [1] that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade and the sternum (breastbone).

Fractures of the clavicle, or collarbone, are common. Unfortunately, current fixation plates that are used to surgically stabilize these fractures are suboptimal, leading to reoperation rates of up to ...