title: Surgical fixation of displaced clavicle fracture in adolescents: a review of literature.
abstract: The literature available on patient-orientated outcomes of operative management for clavicle fractures in adolescents is fairly limited. Open surgical treatment of displaced midshaft fractures of the clavicle continues to be a topic of controversy. Traditional treatment of clavicle fractures has been via non-operative methods in both children and adults. Management in adolescent patients remains controversial, and rightly so, as the traditional experience from non-operative methods has been regarded as satisfactory, while the literature on the more recent approach towards fixing some of these fractures is evolving. We present a review of relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: Center for Hip Preservation and Children's Orthopedics , San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Harish S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Hosalkar
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parikh
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bittersohl
keywords: adolescents; closed; displaced; internal fixation; mid-shaft clavicle fractures; open reduction