Neglected Acromion Fracture Causing Chronic Post-traumatic Shoulder Pain – A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Patient presented with persistent shoulder pain 8 months following an injury which was diagnosed to be an old non-united missed acromion fracture. The difficulties in diagnosing such fracture, the functional and radiological outcome of surgical fixation of this type of missed acromion...

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Autores principales: Amirthalingam, Sivabalaganesh, Suriyakumar, Sundar, Harshavardhan, J K Giriraj, Sameer, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9983393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36874898
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2022.v12.i10.3358
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Patient presented with persistent shoulder pain 8 months following an injury which was diagnosed to be an old non-united missed acromion fracture. The difficulties in diagnosing such fracture, the functional and radiological outcome of surgical fixation of this type of missed acromion fracture with 6-month follow-up has been discussed in this case report. CASE REPORT: We report a case of 48-year-old male who presented to us with chronic shoulder pain following an injury which was later diagnosed to be a missed non-united acromion fracture. CONCLUSION: Acromion fractures are commonly missed. Non-united acromion fractures can cause significant chronic post-traumatic shoulder pain. Reduction and internal fixation can alleviate the pain with a good functional result.

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