Open Clavicle Fractures: Patterns of Trauma and Associated Injuries

Open clavicle fractures are rare injuries. Patients often have associated head, thoracic, and great vessel injuries. Penetrating injuries have higher rates of great vessel injuries and that blunt force injuries have higher rates of head injuries. Gottschalk, Hilton P MD; Dumont, Guillaume MD; Khanani, Sadia BS; Browne, Richard H PhD; Starr, Adam J MD. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma: POST AUTHOR CORRECTIONS, 03 September 2011 PDF