Open traumatic scapulothoracic dissociation: Case report of a rare injury

Open traumatic scapulothoracic dissociation is a rare and devastating injury. We are reporting a 21-year-old male factory worker who sustained a traumatic open scapulothoracic dissociation. His left arm was caught in conveyer belts resulting the arm, scapula, clavicle, and pectoral muscle torn from...

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Autores principales: Anbarasan, Amaleswaran, Mohamad, Nasrul Hanif, Mariapan, Sureisen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6263085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30533482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2018.11.013
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description Open traumatic scapulothoracic dissociation is a rare and devastating injury. We are reporting a 21-year-old male factory worker who sustained a traumatic open scapulothoracic dissociation. His left arm was caught in conveyer belts resulting the arm, scapula, clavicle, and pectoral muscle torn from the body by tremendous traction force. He presented with pulseless, flail and cold limb and was promptly resuscitated and surgically managed with forequarter amputation.
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spelling pubmed-62630852018-12-07 Open traumatic scapulothoracic dissociation: Case report of a rare injury Anbarasan, Amaleswaran Mohamad, Nasrul Hanif Mariapan, Sureisen Trauma Case Rep Article Open traumatic scapulothoracic dissociation is a rare and devastating injury. We are reporting a 21-year-old male factory worker who sustained a traumatic open scapulothoracic dissociation. His left arm was caught in conveyer belts resulting the arm, scapula, clavicle, and pectoral muscle torn from the body by tremendous traction force. He presented with pulseless, flail and cold limb and was promptly resuscitated and surgically managed with forequarter amputation. Elsevier 2018-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6263085/ /pubmed/30533482 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2018.11.013 Text en © 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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