Clavicle (Collarbone) Fracture Surgery

Clavicle fracture surgery realigns a broken collarbone and holds it with a plate and screws, or with a rod inside the bone, while it heals. It is used for fractures that are badly displaced, shortened or in several pieces, and for those that failed to heal.

Fixation lowers the risk of non-union and gets many people moving sooner. Most collarbone fractures still heal well in a sling, and long-term shoulder function is similar with or without surgery, so an operation is a choice, not a necessity, in many cases.

What Clavicle (Collarbone) Fracture Surgery involves

You are positioned semi-sitting under general anaesthetic, often with a nerve block. An incision of 8 to 12 cm is made along or just below the bone, taking care with the small skin nerves that cross it. The fragments are cleaned, brought back to length and held with clamps; a loose wedge piece may be fixed with a small screw first. A pre-contoured titanium locking plate is laid on the top or front surface and secured with at least three screws on each side, with the drill guarded to protect the lung and the large vessels beneath. For simple mid-shaft breaks an elastic titanium nail can be passed inside the bone through a small cut near the breastbone. Fractures at the outer end may need a hook plate or ligament reconstruction with a suture-button device.

Who is a good candidate for Clavicle (Collarbone) Fracture Surgery?

The decision rests on the X-ray pattern and on your activity demands.

• Mid-shaft fractures displaced by more than the width of the bone, or shortened by about 2 cm or more
• Multi-fragment fractures with a piece tenting the skin
• Open fractures, or those with nerve or vessel injury
• Unstable fractures of the outer end
• Painful non-union after 3 to 6 months in a sling
• Athletes and manual workers who need a predictable, earlier return

Es ist normalerweise nicht die richtige Wahl, wenn:

• Undisplaced or minimally displaced fractures, which heal in a sling
• Most children and adolescents, whose bones remodel well
• Heavy smokers and people with poor skin over the bone, who have more complications
• People for whom a scar, numb patch and possible plate removal outweigh the benefits

Technikoptionen

• Superior or anterior locking plate: The standard; strong enough for early movement.
• Intramedullary nail: A smaller scar for simple two-part fractures; it is removed later.
• Hook plate: For outer-end fractures; must be removed at about 3 to 4 months.
• Coracoclavicular suture-button fixation: Keyhole-assisted option for outer-end injuries.
• Plate with bone graft: For established non-union.

Was passiert während Ihrer Behandlung

Surgery takes 60 to 90 minutes under general anaesthetic. Most people go home the same day or after one night, with the arm in a sling and a waterproof dressing. The nerve block keeps the shoulder numb for 8 to 12 hours.

Vorbereitung auf Ihre Reise

Planen Sie 5 bis 7 Tage in Istanbul. Ihr Chirurg überprüft Fotos und Ihre Krankengeschichte, bevor Sie buchen, und Sie treffen sich persönlich am Tag vor der Operation zur Untersuchung, Markierung und Zustimmung mit einem professionellen Dolmetscher.

• Stoppen Sie das Rauchen und Nikotin mindestens vier Wochen vor und nach der Operation; es ist die größte vermeidbare Ursache von Wundproblemen
• Erzählen Sie dem Team von allen Medikamenten und Ergänzungen, die Sie einnehmen; Blutverdünner, einige Kräuterprodukte und Hormonbehandlungen müssen möglicherweise auf Anraten Ihres Arztes unterbrochen werden
• Vereinbaren Sie, dass jemand mit Ihnen reist oder erreichbar ist, und halten Sie die ersten Tage zu Hause frei von Arbeit und Heben
• Buchen Sie einen veränderlichen Rückflug; Ihr Chirurg bestätigt, wenn Sie fit sind

Genesung und Ergebnisse

Wear the sling for comfort for 1 to 2 weeks, with elbow and hand exercises and gentle pendulum movements from the start. Desk work is possible within a week. Avoid lifting the arm above shoulder height under load for 6 weeks. X-rays at 6 and 12 weeks confirm healing. Non-contact sport resumes at about 6 to 8 weeks, and contact sport and cycling on roads at around 3 months.

• Back to everyday activity: 1 week for desk work; 3 months for contact sport
• When results show: Pain falls within days; bone heals in 8 to 12 weeks
• How long they last: Permanent; plate may be removed after 12 to 18 months

Sicherheit, Risiken und Revisionspolitik

Complication rates are moderate, and a second operation to remove hardware is fairly common.

• A numb patch below the scar, in a large proportion of people; usually permanent but rarely troublesome
• A prominent plate that irritates under straps or bag handles, leading to removal in roughly 10 to 30 in 100
• Wound infection
• Non-union or plate failure, more often in smokers
• Re-fracture after plate removal
• Injury to the lung, major vessels or nerve plexus, which is rare
• Frozen shoulder or stiffness

Jeder schriftliche Vorschlag wird durch Clinic-Y gibt an, was die Klinik abdeckt, wenn eine Korrektur erforderlich ist. Fragen Sie danach, bevor Sie buchen, nicht danach.

Cost of Clavicle (Collarbone) Fracture Surgery in Türkiye

Clinic-Y does not publish a single price for Clavicle (Collarbone) Fracture Surgery, because the honest figure depends on your case. What moves it:

• Plate type or nail, and any bone graft
• Tagfall oder Übernachtung
• Nerve block and anaesthesia
• Later removal of the implant
• Physiotherapy sessions

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