title: Delayed presentation of Subclavian venous thrombosis following undisplaced clavicle fracture.
abstract: Medial clavicle fractures are uncommon, accounting for approximately 5 percent of all clavicle fractures. Vascular injuries are uncommon but are recognised as either an immediate complication due to transection of the vessel by the displaced fracture, or as a late complication, secondary to compression from abundant callus formation. We present an unusual case of positional venous insufficiency in the upper limb as an immediate complication of a closed, minimally displaced clavicle fracture, with secondary subclavian venous thrombosis formation eleven days following the injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Queen's Hospital Romford, Essex, UK. tonykochhar@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kochhar
authors.forename: Chethan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jayadev
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Emmet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: Kamaljit
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seehra