Clavicle fractures are common in the daily routine of emergency departments. When reporting them, we should not forget to describe:
- location of the fracture along the shaft
- angulation and fracture end displacement (including direction)
- comminution
- associated findings and relevant negatives
- acromioclavicular joint and sternoclavicular joint alignment
- coracoclavicular distance
- glenohumeral joint
- associated traumatic injuries
- rib fractures
- vertebral fractures
- scapular fractures (floating shoulder)
- pneumothorax