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Chest radiograph taken two hours after the injury, showing left fractured clavicle and pneumothorax
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Radiographs of the clavicle showed a displaced midshaft fracture of the left clavicle with a left-sided pneumothorax (Figure 1).
Open reduction and plate osteosynthesis of the clavicle fracture
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Internal fixation with plate osteosynthesis was performed (Figure 2).
Chest radiographs showing callus formation of the fractured clavicle 14 months after the injury with no recurrence of pneumothorax
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Regular follow-up chest radiographs showed no recurrence of the pneumothorax, and at 6 weeks post-op the patient had full range of motion and presented a well healing fracture with callus formation evident by radiographic images (Figure 3).