| Literature DB >> 33329948 |
Kishore Vellingiri1, Hariprasad Seenappa2.
Abstract
Both surgical or nonsurgical management of bilateral clavicle fractures have advantages and disadvantages. Hence a patient must be advised for shared decision making. Our patient was a painter by occupation with a left-sided dominant hand. Considering his job and financial constraints, we fixed his left clavicle fracture surgically and treated his right-sided clavicle fracture conservatively. We suggest based on our report concerning this rare injury, is that not all fractures need to be fixed surgically. Patient needs and other factors should be taken into consideration before taking the patient for surgical management.Entities:
Keywords: bilateral clavicle fracture
Year: 2020 PMID: 33329948 PMCID: PMC7733778 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.11449
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cureus ISSN: 2168-8184