About 3-6 weeks. After clavicle fracture surgery, it is generally necessary to hang a sling for 3-6 weeks, but it needs to be analyzed according to the patient's age, fracture healing ability, nutritional status, or fracture type, crushing degree, and types of plates and screws used in the operation. The specific time to use the sling will be different. If the patient is young, the fracture is stable, the nutrition is good, and there is no pain for about one month after recovery, it can be taken out in 3-6 weeks.