What Is Your Success Rate With Clavicle Reduction (Shoulder Narrowing) Surgery?

Q: Dr. Eppley, These questions are regarding Clavicle Reductions:

What are the complications associated with surgery? And your success rate?

A: Success rate = 99% as defined by a bony union after surgery, one long term non-union.

Complications = only seen 2 fixation failures out of 170 clavicles treated, replated and went on to heal. These failures occurred in the first two years of doing the procedures before I went to double plating.

Dr. Eppley