Non Operative Management of Common Fractures Mr Duy Thai Orthopaedic Surgeon MBBS, FRACS (Ortho), Dip Surg Anat NOT ALL FRACTURES NEED TO BE FIXED FRACTURE CLINIC EMERGENCY GENERAL DEPARTMENTS PRACTITIONERS FRACTURE CLINIC SUCCESSFUL FRACTURE MANAGMENT EMERGENCY GENERAL DEPARTMENTS PRACTITIONERS FRACTURE FRACTURE CLINIC CLINIC SUCCESSFUL FRACTURE MANAGMENT PRINCIPLES 1. Always look at the X-ray – Do not rely on the report 2. Early displacement of a fracture = UNSTABLE 3. Know what is acceptable displacement 4. Plaster immobilisation of a STABLE fracture leads to secondary bone healing with fracture callous 5. Clinical union precedes radiological union by 4 – 6 weeks 6. Children remodel CLAVICLE FRACTURES