Multicenter retrospective cohort study finds that titanium elastic nail fixation enhances recovery in adolescent athletes, suggesting a shift from conservative treatment approaches.
For adolescent athletes engaged in structure- or kinetic-dependent sports with high clavicle functional demand, TEN fixation significantly accelerates return to sport, reduces season loss, and enhances early functional and psychological recovery, while achieving long-term functional outcomes equivalent to conservative treatment. The proposed decision model integrating "season time window" and "sport-type stratification" overcomes the limitations of traditional displacement-based criteria and provides evidence-based support for individualized management of clavicle fractures in adolescent athletes.
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