Posttraumatic Pseudarthrosis of The Clavicle in Pediatric Patients: Review Article

Posttraumatic clavicle nonunion is very rare, particularly in children. A variety of techniques have been used to treat pediatric clavicle non unions. As the prevalence of pseudarthrosis is really low, orthopedic surgeons need to, not only perform an adequate diagnosis of these fractures, but also an accurate patient follow-up. Failure to either of both may result in an unsatisfactory outcome and pseudarthrosis. We retrospectively reviewed the literature and identified five published articles with a total of five cases of posttraumatic clavicle pseudarthrosis, in patients aged twelve years and younger [1-5]