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ArticleCureus2023

Non-operative Management of a Rare Segmental Clavicle Fracture in an Adolescent Patient: A Case Report.

Peter Harimtepathip, George Puneky, Justin Lomax, Cory Bryan

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter HarimtepathipDepartment of Orthopedics, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA.
George PunekyDepartment of Orthopedics, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA.
Justin LomaxDepartment of Orthopedics, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA.
Cory BryanDepartment of Orthopedics, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA.
Augusta University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 12-year-old Caucasian male presented to the clinic with a displaced, segmental left clavicle fracture involving the distal clavicle after falling from a zip line. He was treated non-operatively in a sling and returned to normal activities without restrictions after three months. At one year, the patient was able to maintain his pre-injury baseline function without limitations of his left shoulder. While no clear guidelines for operative treatment of segmental clavicle fractures in the adolescent population exist in the current literature, this report illustrates an excellent patient outcome following conservative therapy of a segmental clavicle fracture involving the middle one-third and distal clavicle in a young adolescent with open physis.

Indexed as

adolescent clavicle fracturenonoperative treatment clavicle fracturepediatric clavicle fracturepediatric orthopaedicssegmental clavicle fracture

Identifiers

PMID37637629
PMCPMC10457149
OpenAlexW4385266072

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