Clavicular fractures

Summary

There is moderate evidence from two prospective cohort studies that female patients and patients with fracture displacement are at increased risk for nonunion following clavicular fracture. There is inconsistent support for whether older patients and patients with comminuted fractures are at increased risk for nonunion. Other fracture characteristics (angulation, intraarticular involvement, location, and shortening) and smoking appear not to affect risk of nonunion after clavicular fracture.