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Review Question - QID 214658

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QID 214658 (Type "214658" in App Search)
A 33-year-old male fell while backpacking in the mountains and sustained a fracture of his right clavicle. The patient undergoes operative fixation with a single 3.5mm Low Contact Dynamic Compression Plate (LC-DCP) placed superiorly on the clavicle. Five months after surgery he has continued pain at the fracture site and he is diagnosed with a symptomatic hypertrophic nonunion of the clavicle. He undergoes an uneventful nonunion repair with dual minifragment plating and goes on to union. Which of the following statements is true regarding midshaft clavicle fractures?
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