Functional outcomes of operative fixation of clavicle fractures in patients with floating shoulder girdle injuries
Open Access
- 5 May 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
- Vol. 16 (3), 221-227
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10195-015-0349-8
Abstract
Double disruptions of the superior suspensory shoulder complex, commonly referred to as ‘floating shoulder’ injuries, are ipsilateral midshaft clavicular and scapular neck/body fractures with a loss of bony attachment of the glenoid. The treatment of ‘floating shoulder’ injuries has been debated controversially for many years. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the clinical and functional outcomes of patients with ‘floating shoulder’ injuries who underwent operative fixation of the clavicle fracture only.Keywords
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