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Patients who were randomized to nonoperative treatment and had healed by 1 year were included in the present study. Clavicular shortening relative to the uninjured, contralateral clavicle was measured on 3DCT. Outcome analysis was conducted at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year following injury and included the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH), Constant, and Short Form-12 (SF-12) scores and patient satisfaction.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In the original trial, 105 patients were randomized to nonoperative treatment. Thirteen patients were lost to follow-up, leaving 92 patients, and an additional 16 (17%) developed nonunion and were excluded from the present study. Of the remaining 76 patients, 48 who had a 3DCT scan that included the whole length of both clavicles were included in the present study. The shortening of the injured clavicles, relative to the contralateral side, was a mean (and standard deviation) of 11.3 \u00b1 7.6 mm, with a mean proportional shortening of 8%. Proportional shortening did not significantly correlate with the DASH (p \u2265 0.42), Constant (p \u2265 0.32), or SF-12 (p \u2265 0.08) scores at any point during follow-up. There was no significant difference in the mean DASH or Constant scores at any follow-up time point when the cutoff for shortening was defined as 1 cm (p \u2265 0.11) or as 2 cm (p \u2265 0.35). There was no significant difference in clavicular shortening between satisfied and unsatisfied patients (p \u2265 0.49).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The present study demonstrated no association between shortening and functional outcome or satisfaction in patients with healed displaced midshaft clavicular fractures up to 1 year following injury.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Level of Evidence:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Therapeutic\n                      <jats:underline>Level IV<\/jats:underline>\n                      . See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2106\/jbjs.16.01010","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,19]],"date-time":"2017-07-19T12:17:52Z","timestamp":1500466672000},"page":"1166-1172","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":45,"title":["The Influence of Shortening on Clinical Outcome in Healed Displaced Midshaft Clavicular Fractures After Nonoperative Treatment"],"prefix":"10.2106","volume":"99","author":[{"given":"E.B.","family":"Goudie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Edinburgh Shoulder Clinic, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"N.D.","family":"Clement","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Edinburgh Shoulder Clinic, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United 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