Pseudoarthrosis of acromion due to politraumatism. Treatment with autologus graffting intercalar of iliac crest

The fractures of the scapula are not very frequent, an incidence around the 0,4 and 1% of the fractures that affect the upper limb. The acromion fracture means the 7% of the fractures that affect to the scapula. They usually appear in politraumatized patients with more serious lesions that can mask...

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Published inRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba Vol. 63; no. 3; p. 76
Main Authors Lumbreras, Ruth, Castro, Angel, Val, Sami, Palanca, Daniel, Bueno, Antonio L, Modrego, Francisco J
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Argentina 2006
Subjects
Acromion - diagnostic imaging
Acromion - injuries
Acromion - surgery
Female
Fracture Fixation, Internal
Fractures, Bone - complications
Fractures, Bone - surgery
Humans
Ilium - transplantation
Middle Aged
Multiple Trauma - complications
Multiple Trauma - surgery
Pseudarthrosis - etiology
Pseudarthrosis - surgery
Radiography
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Summary:The fractures of the scapula are not very frequent, an incidence around the 0,4 and 1% of the fractures that affect the upper limb. The acromion fracture means the 7% of the fractures that affect to the scapula. They usually appear in politraumatized patients with more serious lesions that can mask them and postpose this way their diagnosis and treatment. We present a clinical case of a 56 year-old patient with the antecedent of politraumatism that presented a clear atrophic pseudoartrosis of the acromion of their right shoulder with painful clinic and movement limitation. It was treated with surgery by intercalary bone grafting fixed by osteosynthesis plate obtaining good clinical and radiological results. Actually the painful clinic has disappeared completely.
ISSN:0014-6722