JBJS/ASES JOINT WEBINAR: Patient-Centered Treatment of Midshaft Clavicle Fractures
Date: 11/15/2017 at 7:00 PM EST
Clavicle fractures are among the most common injuries treated by orthopaedists. Until 2005, no matter the amount of displacement, their treatment was rather standard – immobilize for a few weeks, and then gradually increase activity until the fracture healed. In 2007 Dr. Mike McKee published a landmark article in JBJS that concluded that clavicle fractures with displacement greater than 100% had better outcomes if treated with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF). Since that time, numerous studies have re-examined this conclusion, some supporting its findings, and some disputing them.
