Research articles suggest that figure of 8 brace has minimal role in conservative management of displaced clavicle fractures .
Ideally you should take x-rays before and after wearing the brace, to know if bone ends are in contact to each other or not.
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with conservative management you may not get original length and / or alignment.
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share x-rays post brace application.
surgery adviced if you want almost normal clavicle and early rehabilitation.
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