My broken collarbone developed a pseudoarthrosis. It needed a surgery in which a bone implant was taken from my hip and the whole mess was bolted together with some pieces of ti. Those had to be removed in another surgery - before due time because I had another accident in which half of the bolts which kept the pieces of bone together were ripped free. Fortunately the collarbone was already ossified when that happened and did not break again. The whole thing took almost two years to heal completely, and now all that remains are a scar in my shoulder and some dead nerves where the bone implant was taken.
Fortunately the public health care in Finland was/is mostly free.
Last edited by kyttyra; 09-24-11 at 12:57 AM.