Healing time of clavicle fractures

A clavicle fracture is a fracture of the shoulder girdle of the upper extremity that is prone to fracture and healing time varies by age and is related to the fracture subtype. If the fracture is at the distal end, the soft tissue around it is well wrapped and the recovery is fast, but in the middle section, the skin is wrapped around the bone and the healing is slow. If the fracture is in a child, the child will recover quickly. Clavicle fractures in newborns can also be recovered in even 1-2 weeks. But children’s fractures in adolescents can recover in 4-6 months if there is not much displacement and no surgery. Clavicle fractures in adults tend to be more common with some degree of violence, so healing is faster based on good repositioning, and more difficult if the repositioning is poor, such as a separated fracture where the two fracture ends are not aligned, or are poorly aligned. Therefore, fractures with large displacements should be treated surgically and heal more satisfactorily when both alignment and alignment are restored to a very satisfactory level. It is important to emphasize that surgery is not a panacea, and if too much of the surrounding soft tissue is damaged during surgery, it may prolong the healing time. Therefore, healing of clavicle fractures often takes more than 1 year for adults and 4-6 weeks for children after surgery. Of course, the final healing time will be determined by imaging tests.