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SUBMITTER: Sasaki Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6584495 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) 20190606
<h4>Introduction</h4>Medial clavicle fractures are rare injuries. Symptomatic nonunion arises up to 8% of medial clavicle fractures when treated conservatively.<h4>Presentation of case</h4>A 53-year-old man sustained a left medial clavicle fracture and was treated conservatively at another hospital. Nine months after his initial injury, he was referred to our institution. We diagnosed pseudarthrosis of the medial clavicle. We performed open reduction and internal fixation using an inverted dista ...[more]