Although often viewed as benign injuries, clavicular fractures can lead to complications, particularly nonunions. The nonunion rate has been reported to be between 0.1% and 15%. Contributing ...

These authors treated 37 delayed union and nonunion fractures with decortication, plate osteosynthesis, and bone grafts, and they achieved a 95% union rate. Nine patients required ...

The paper reviews two popular operative approaches for fractures of the calcaneus – or heel bone – which can be a painful and disabling injury. The authors note that high rates of wound complications ...