Nonunion of a scapular spine fracture: Case report and management with open reduction, internal fixation, and bone graft
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Mohammed As-Sultany; David Clark; Amol Tambe
- Source
- International Journal of Shoulder Surgery
- Subject
- musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Scapular spine
medicine.medical_treatment
Nonunion
Case Report
medicine.disease
musculoskeletal system
open reduction
Surgery
Fracture
nonunion
Fracture (geology)
medicine
internal fixation
Working population
Internal fixation
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
scapular spine
business
Reduction (orthopedic surgery)
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0973-6042
Fractures of the scapular spine are relatively uncommon. We report a case of a 39 year old male who developed an atrophic non-union scapular spine fracture entering the spino-glenoid notch. We describe our experience with this rare fracture pattern and identify the need for early internal fixation in the young, active and working population.