Clavicle Fracture -ORIF
Surgical fixation of a broken collar bone with metal work (e.g. plate and screws)
- Speciality Orthopaedics, Trauma
- Urgency elective, urgent
- Duration 1 to 2 h
- Blood Loss 250 to 500 ml
- Anaesthesia General Anaesthetic +/- Nerve Block
- Anaesthesia II +/- Local Anaesthetic
- Nerve Blocks Interscalene
- Pain moderate (+++)
- Post-op Pain Local up to 4-8 hours, Nerve Block up to 10-30 hours
- Post-op Pain II Tablets, Suppositories, Injection (im, iv)
- Hospital Stay Day Surgery (a few hours) to overnight stay
- Full Recovery 5 to 10 weeks
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