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. 2025 Jun 25.
doi: 10.1007/s00264-025-06589-y. Online ahead of print.

Nonoperative versus surgical treatment of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies

María Galán-Olleros  1 , Melisa L Stitzman-Wengrowicz  2 , Sergio Martínez-Álvarez  3 , Matilde Molina-Corbacho  2 , Paloma Manzarbeitia-Arroba  3 , María Del Carmen Pulido García  2 , Yaiza Lopiz  4
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Nonoperative versus surgical treatment of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies

María Galán-Olleros et al. Int Orthop. .
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Keywords: Adolescents; Clavicle fracture; Meta-analysis; Nonoperative; Surgical; Systematic review.

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Declarations. Ethical approval and consent: Institutional review board approval and informed consent were not sought because the data were anonymous and publicly available. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. Protocol: This systematic review and meta-analysis were performed in accordance with the Cochrane Collaboration and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) statement and the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions latest methodological guidance. Quality assessment: All authors take responsibility for all aspects of the reliability and freedom from bias of the data presented and their discussed interpretation.

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