Spontaneous scapular spine fracture related to rotator cuff pathology: a report of two cases

Spontaneous fractures of the scapula are rare, especially those involving the scapular spine. There are only a few case reports addressing this topic. Two cases are presented of spontaneous scapular spine fractures in patients with cuff-tear arthropathy. Treatment was conservative, resulting in a st...

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Autores principales: Groot, Diederik, Giesberts, Anouk M. E., van Mourik, Jan B. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3535129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22610301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-012-0135-6
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description Spontaneous fractures of the scapula are rare, especially those involving the scapular spine. There are only a few case reports addressing this topic. Two cases are presented of spontaneous scapular spine fractures in patients with cuff-tear arthropathy. Treatment was conservative, resulting in a stiff shoulder in both patients. The combination of oral steroids and cuff-tear arthropathy seems to have caused a spontaneous scapular spine fracture in these patients. Considering the risk of operative intervention in the elderly patient conservative treatment seems a reasonable alternative.
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spelling pubmed-35351292013-01-04 Spontaneous scapular spine fracture related to rotator cuff pathology: a report of two cases Groot, Diederik Giesberts, Anouk M. E. van Mourik, Jan B. A. Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr Case Report Spontaneous fractures of the scapula are rare, especially those involving the scapular spine. There are only a few case reports addressing this topic. Two cases are presented of spontaneous scapular spine fractures in patients with cuff-tear arthropathy. Treatment was conservative, resulting in a stiff shoulder in both patients. The combination of oral steroids and cuff-tear arthropathy seems to have caused a spontaneous scapular spine fracture in these patients. Considering the risk of operative intervention in the elderly patient conservative treatment seems a reasonable alternative. Springer Milan 2012-05-19 2012-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3535129/ /pubmed/22610301 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-012-0135-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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