The sling is usually fitted in hospital after an X-ray has confirmed the collarbone is broken. You'll be given painkillers to relieve the pain. Surgery under a general anaesthetic is only needed if the injury is severe — for example, where the bone has broken through the skin — or if the bones have failed to line up and are overlapping significantly. Several techniques can be used to repair the collarbone. Fixing the break with a plate and screws is the most common method.
Your surgeon will explain the technique they're going to use and its advantages and disadvantages. Before you're discharged, you may see a physiotherapist , who can show you some gentle arm and shoulder exercises to do at home with your arm out of its sling. These will help reduce stiffness, relieve some of the pain, and strengthen your shoulder muscles. You'll probably need to go back to the hospital outpatient department about a week after being discharged to check your collarbone is healing properly.
See your GP if you have any concerns before this appointment. In adults, it usually takes about 6 to 8 weeks for a broken collarbone to heal, although it can take longer. Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. The sternoclavicular joint, or SC joint, is the connection of the sternum breastbone to the clavicle collarbone.
This SC joint is uncommonly injured, but it can be problematic when an injury is sustained. The sternoclavicular joint can dislocate from its normal position. The clavicle will either dislocate in front an anterior SC dislocation or behind a posterior SC dislocation the sternum. The posterior SC dislocations are more worrisome because of the important structures that are located just behind the sternum. These structures include major blood vessels and the trachea windpipe.
Damage to these can cause life-threatening problems with blood flow and breathing. Dislocations of the SC joint are usually the result of an injury to the shoulder. In some cases, a blunt force directly to the front of the chest can cause a posterior SC dislocation. An SC injury can be difficult to see on a regular X-ray, although there are ways to visualize the SC joint by changing the way the X-ray is performed. If the SC joint appears to be injured, a CAT scan is often performed to better evaluate the type of dislocation.
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