Operative versus nonoperative treatment of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures in adults: a systematic review.

Objectives: Intervention studies of clavicle fracture treatment are numerous, but only a few high quality studies prospectively compare operative and nonoperative treatment. The objective of this study was to review evidence from randomized controlled trials on operative versus nonoperative treatment of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures in adults with focus on fracture healing, complications and functional outcome.

Data Sources: An electronic search was performed of PubMed, Embase and Cochrane databases which revealed 559 articles.