This is a typical clavicle fracture in children with mild apex cephalad (pointing upward towards the head) angulation. This clavicle fracture actually exhibits full thickness break through the bone cortex, but children can frequently have incomplete fractures. These are referred to as buckle fractures (or torus fractures, from the Latin word “tori” meaning protuberance or swelling), greenstick fractures, and plastic bowing fractures. Here is the difference:.....
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