Table III.

Study characteristics of medial clavicle fracture studies

Authors, year	Study location	Study design	Sample size	Interventions	Length of follow-up	Age, yr	Male sex, %
Bartonicek et al,5 2010	Czech Republic	Case series	4	Tension band, sling	Range, 12-24 mo	Mean, 45	100
Bourghli and Fabre,8 2012	France	Case report	1	K-wires	8 mo	29	100
Frima et al,23 2018	Switzerland	Case series	15	Locking plate	Mean, 39 mo (range, 9-79 mo)	Mean, 52	100
Li et al,49 2019	China	Case report	1	Locking plate	6 mo	56	100
Low et al,51 2008	Australia	Case series	4	Locking plate, screw and sutures	Mean, 3 yr (range, 8 mo to 10 yr)	Mean, 43	100
Oe et al,63 2012	Germany	Case series	9	Locking plate	Mean, 38 mo (range, 14-52 mo)	Mean, 36	89
Robinson et al,67 2004	United Kingdom	Case series	24	Sling	24 wk	Median, 52	67
Siebenlist et al,76 2013	Germany	Case report	1	Locking plate	1 yr	63	100
Singh et al,78 2012	United Kingdom	Observational cohort	4	Sling	Range, 12-28 mo	NR	NR
Smelt et al,81 2017	United Kingdom	Case report	1	Locking plate	2 wk	17	100
Teng and Liu,88 2013	Taiwan	Case report	1	Locking plate	4 yr	29	0
Titchener et al,89 2019	United Kingdom	Case series	7	Locking plate	Median, 31 mo (range, 24-45 mo)	Mean, 34	86
Van Tongel et al,95 2018	Belgium	Observational cohort	55	Sling	Mean, 49 mo (range, 6-101 mo)	Mean, 56	64
Wang et al,99 2015	China	Case report	1	Locking plate	12 mo	40	100
Xie et al,105 2018	China	Case series	6	Locking plate	Mean, 12 mo (range, 10-14 mo)	Mean, 46	83
Zheng et al,109 2018	China	Case series	12	Locking plate	Mean, 23 mo (range, 12-30 mo)	Mean, 44	83

NR, not reported.