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What is important to you?

Determine what is important for you in choosing treatment for your clavicle fracture. Choose the statement that fits you best. Move the orange triangle towards the statement you prefer.

Management of symptoms

An 80% chance of healing a clavicle fracture that is displaced more than the width of the bone sounds good to me.

Surgery

I’m worried about the 20% chance of not healing a fracture that is displaced more than the width of the bone.

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Management of symptoms

I prefer some deformity to surgery, a scar, and potential prominence of the implants.

Surgery

I prefer a surgery and a scar in order to have less shoulder deformity.

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Management of symptoms

I’d like to avoid surgery if at all possible, I don’t mind waiting a few more weeks to comfortably move my shoulder.

Surgery

I don’t mind surgery, since I might be able to move my shoulder right away.

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Management of symptoms

I don’t want to take even a small chance of something going wrong with surgery.

Surgery

I’m not worried about the small chance of problems from surgery.

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Management of symptoms

I’m reassured knowing that if I’m not happy with the result of non-operative treatment, I can have surgery later.

Surgery

The idea of waiting for many months and then having surgery and restarting the recovery process bothers me.

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Your choice

What is your preference?

Management of symptoms

Surgery

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