usually it shouldn’t affect position or function of the shoulder once healed, and while the clavicle does tend to heal with a “bump” in it at the site of the break, its long been thought that the risk of surgery at that site outweighs the benefit. But it does depend on the specifics of the fracture:
https://www.orthobullets.com/trauma/1011/clavicle-fractures-...
Am I right to understand that had I not gotten the surgery my shoulder would’ve likely returned to the normal position?