Temporary Sternoclavicular Plating for an Unusual Double Clavicle Fracture (Medial Nonunion, Lateral Acute) Complicated by an Intraoperative Pneumothorax

Figure 1

Drawing based on the first post-injury radiograph taken of the patient’s left clavicle. This shows the double fracture pattern: a medial nonunion with an inferiorly directed spike of bone and an acute lateral fracture. The inferiorly directed spike of the medial fracture was in close proximity to the lung apex. The actual radiograph could not be used to provide this illustration because of water damage.