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Fracture of the distal clavicle accounts for approximately 21 % of all clavicle fractures [1]. Distal clavicle fractures are typically attributable to a fall on an outstretched hand or a direct blow to the point of the shoulder. Neer [2,3] classified distal clavicle fractures into three types according to the relationship of the fracture line to the coracoclavicular (CC) ligaments and the acromioclavicular (AC) joint. Type I fractures are lateral to the CC ligaments with typically minimal displacement. Type III fractures in-volve the articular surface of the AC joints with intact CC ligaments. They are relatively stable because the proximal fragment is stabilized by the CC ligaments, and surgical intervention is usually not required. Type II fractures are subcategorized into type IIA, in which the fractures lie medial to the CC ligaments, and type IIB, in which the fractures lie more laterally with disruption of the CC liga-ments from the proximal fragment. In type IIB fractures which are unstable fractures, th