Clavicle X-Rays
Here are the x-rays of my fractured clavicle, which happened at the
painful end of an otherwise great day mountain biking. Click on the small
images to see larger versions.
7/20/2001: These first two were taken in the ER shortly after my little spill. The first shows
the break pretty well.
The middle section of bone is broken free and then splintered into several
pieces. The technical description by the orthopedic surgeon is that
this is a "really funky fracture". The end got split much like you split
firewood. It kind of looks like a snake with its mouth wide open in the
picture. The second x-ray is harder to see - they were looking for a shoulder
dislocation.
7/25/2001: The next two are several days later, after wearing a brace. The
pieces are starting to come back up together, but we're still far off from
being normal.
8/22/2001: Back again after a month. A cloud of material is starting to
form that will someday turn to new bone, but it's going to be at least
another month in the brace before that happens. Sigh...
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