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. 1997;21(6):371-3.
doi: 10.1007/s002640050188.

Fracture of the superior border of the scapula

K Ogawa  1 , A Yoshida
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Fracture of the superior border of the scapula

K Ogawa et al. Int Orthop. 1997.

Abstract
in English, French

Twenty-four patients who sustained a fracture of the superior border of the scapula are reviewed. All were associated with a fracture of the coracoid process and other shoulder injuries. There were 19 long fracture lines and 5 short. The former and 3 of the latter were extensions of a coracoid fracture; in 2, there appeared to be an avulsion fracture by traction through the superior transverse scapular ligament resulting from the upward displacement of the coracoid.

Vingt-quatre fractures consécutives du bord supérieur de l’omoplate ont été observées chez 24 patients. La totalité de ces fractures étaient associées à une fracture de l’apophyse coracoïde ainsi qu’à d’autres blessures concomitantes de l’épaule. On a pu constater 19 fractures longues et cinq fractures courtes. L’étiologie dans le premier cas et dans trois des seconds cas semble être l’extension de la fracture coracoïdienne. Dans deux des derniers cas, l’étiologie a été supposée être une fracture d’avulsion provoquée par la traction du ligament scapulaire transversal supérieur résultant du déplacement vers le haut de l’apophyse coracoïde fracturée.

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