PARTIAL EXCISION OF THE CLAVICLE FOR NONUNION IN NATIONAL-HUNT JOCKEYS

National Hunt jockeys suffer a disproportionate number of clavicular f ractures and their return to riding may be considerably delayed by ref racture and symptomatic nonunion,,vith obvious implications, We report six such cases in which excision of the clavicular fragment distal to the fracture was associated with an early return to work and no recur rent injury to the shoulder.