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clavicle fracture with ORIF
The main term for a fracture of the clavicle is a broken collarbone. It is one of the most common bones in the human body that get broken easily.
Closed fracture of shaft of clavicle
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The clavicle is at risk to fracture when a person falls on his or her shoulder because the clavicle works like a brace that holds the arm apart from the body. Because the clavicle is between the arm and the thorax, it is vulnerable to breaks.
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You usually fall with out stretched hand. There are many types of fractures in that case including the fracture of the clavicle. The wave of shock pass along the fore arm and arm bones. It falls on the scapula. Scapula has got no bony attachment to the chest wall. So shock wave pass to the sternum via clavicle. At times the clavicle get fractured.
The best way to understand this is to look at a skeleton. YOu can see how the head of the humerus anchors right into the clavicle. Press gently on the head of the humerus parallel to the floor and note the pressure the condial exerts in that direction, and the tendency for the clavicle to move, thus indicating it too is being pressed upon. As these bones are in contact, impact is transmitted from one to the other, thus creating a potential for fracture.
Clavicle is the one of long bone according to its shape, so when hitting with high pressure could be easier to break. Also, it join with two bone which made clavicle to have a risk of breaking due to its attachment point.
comminutedHip and wrist, followed by clavicle and maybe the scapula(shoulder).
The shock of hitting the ground with the hands travels up the arms, and hits the clavicle with enough force and the angle to fracture it. The impact usually damages something else before it gets that far, but the bones must have been aligned just so for the shock to travel up without damaging anything else on the way up.
Another name for the collarbone is the Clavicle.