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“Floating shoulder” injuries

“Floating shoulder” is a rare injury complex resulting from high-energy blunt force trauma to the shoulder, resulting in scapulothoracic dissociation. It is commonly associated with catastrophic neurovascular injury. Two cases of motorcyclists with floating shoulder injuries are described.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Heng, Kenneth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26961729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-016-0110-y