Glenoid Fractures (Subscribe)  

I read with interest the article by Banerjee et al.1 entitled “Glenoid Rim Fracture in Contact Athletes With Absorbable Suture Anchor Reconstruction” in the May 2009 issue of Arthroscopy. They very eloquently describe 3 patients who sustained a glenoid rim fracture caused by cysts that had developed around absorbable implants....

A 42 year old male carpenter sustained a ipsilateral clavicle fracture and glenoid neck fracture. The shoulder girdle was medially and distally displaced. He was treated closed for the glenoid neck fracture and treated with a Congruent Clavicle Plate for the clavicle fracture.
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We describe the results after open reduction and internal fixation of 22 consecutive displaced fractures of the glenoid with a mean follow-up of ten years. A posterior approach was used in 16 patients and an anterior in six, the approach being chosen according to the Ideberg classification of the fractures....

A retrospective analysis of the radiographs of the shoulder in 511 patients examined for acute trauma was performed to evaluate the usefulness of the apical oblique view (45 degrees posterior oblique with 45 degrees caudal angulation of the central ray). Each study included anteroposterior, transthoracic lateral, and scapular "Y" (60...

The aim of this retrospective study was to review a series of patients with ipsilateral fractures of the neck of the scapula and of the clavicle. Between 1991 and 1996 a total of 79 general and orthopaedic surgeons treated 46 patients with a floating shoulder in The Netherlands. The records...

In ipsilateral mid-clavicular and scapular-neck fractures, the mechanical stability of the suspensory structures is disrupted and muscle forces and the weight of the arm pull the glenoid fragment distally and anteromedially. To prevent late deformity we recommend internal fixation of the fractured clavicle by a plate and screws. We treated...

Fractures of the scapula occur mainly from direct trauma involving considerable violence and associated injuries of the shoulder and thorax are common. In most cases early functional treatment gives good or excellent results. Operative treatment may, however, be indicated, especially with displaced intra-articular fractures, fractures of the glenoid rim associated...