Tag John E. Kuhn MD

Indications for Surgery Sternoclavicular joint injuries are rare, and indications for their surgery are also rare. Fractures of the medial end of the clavicle are usually not sports related, are the result of vehicular trauma, and rarely need surgery (…

Anatomy, Epidemiology, and Etiology Although injuries to the sternoclavicular joint are relatively rare in athletes, team physicians must be vigilant for such injuries because they represent one of the few potentially life-threatening injuries in sports. The sternoclavicular joint is a…