A stress fracture of the base of the acromion: a case report

BACKGROUND: Stress fractures of the base of the acromion are rare and tend to progress well when conservatively treated. The need for surgery due to this type of fracture has only been reported in two case reports. CASE PRESENTATION: A 39-year-old patient, manual laborer, with a stress fracture at t...

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Autores principales: Malavolta, Eduardo Angeli, Assunção, Jorge Henrique, Sunada, Edwin Eiji, Gracitelli, Mauro Emilio Conforto, Ferreira Neto, Arnaldo Amado
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4175635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25214395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-302
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Stress fractures of the base of the acromion are rare and tend to progress well when conservatively treated. The need for surgery due to this type of fracture has only been reported in two case reports. CASE PRESENTATION: A 39-year-old patient, manual laborer, with a stress fracture at the base of the acromion that required surgical treatment due to persistent symptoms and consolidation failure. CONCLUSION: We described a new mechanism of injury for stress fractures of the base of the acromion. After the failure of conservative treatment, the patient exhibited good results with osteosynthesis with a plate and screws, with no need for a bone graft. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2474-15-302) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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