Dislocated collarbone

[shannonwooten]

Has anyone ever had surgery on their collarbone? I am having surgery in  a few days... and I am wondering how bad the scar will be. I have a dislocated collarbone (Where the collarbone meets the breast bone) and the surgery is going to make it a stable joint.

Has anyone else had a surgery like this? Or something like it?
Can you give me info on the scar or pictures?


Thanks!
Shannon Wooten

[Enoch Choi]

http://orthopedics.about.com/od/shoulderelbow/a/scjoint.htm
is a good article on the problem

http://images.google.com/images?q=sternoclavicular%20dislocation
are good pictures, although none of a post-surgical scar.  It shouldn't scar much since it's small incisions

Enoch Choi, MD