Delayed presentation of Subclavian venous thrombosis following undisplaced clavicle fracture.
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.
Kochhar
Tony
T
Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Queen's Hospital Romford, Essex, UK. tonykochhar@gmail.com.
Jayadev
Chethan
C
Smith
Jay
J
Griffiths
Emmet
E
Seehra
Kamaljit
K