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Broad arm sling exerts short-term pain benefit vs. figure 8 bandage for clavicle fracture
March 2016
Broad arm sling exerts short-term pain benefit vs. figure 8 bandage for clavicle fracture
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A
Comparison of simple arm sling and figure of eight clavicular bandage for midshaft clavicular fractures: a randomised controlled study
Bone Joint J. 2015 Nov;97-B(11):1562-5Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
60 patients with a mid-shaft clavicle fracture were randomly assigned to different methods of conservative management. Patients received either a broad arm sling or figure-eight bandage for 3 weeks in order to evaluate potential differences in pain and time to union. Outcomes of interest were evaluated over a mean follow-up time of 8.3 months. The broad arm sling was found to provide significant s...
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