Comment by miketery
4 days ago
I had a clean break on mine. If I had not had surgery I believe my shoulder would have been a centimeter or two lower. So I got a plate and 7 screws.
Am I right to understand that had I not gotten the surgery my shoulder would’ve likely returned to the normal position?
usually it shouldn’t affect position or function of the shoulder once healed, and while the clavicle does tend to heal with a “bump” in it at the site of the break, its long been thought that the risk of surgery at that site outweighs the benefit. But it does depend on the specifics of the fracture: https://www.orthobullets.com/trauma/1011/clavicle-fractures-...