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Traumatic floating clavicle: a case report
1Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hospital Seberang Jaya, Seberang Jaya, Malaysia.
Abstract:
Shoulder girdle injuries after high energy traumatic impacts to the shoulder have been well documented. Based on the series of 1603 injuries of the shoulder girdle reported by Cave and colleagues, 85% of the dislocations were glenohumeral, 12% acromioclavicular and 3% sternoclavicular (1). Less frequently described are injuries involving both the sternoclavicular and acromioclavicular joints simultaneously in one extremity. The present report discusses a case of traumatic floating clavicle associated with ipsilateral forearm and wrist injury which was treated surgically.
Key Words:
Floating clavicle, bipolar dislocation, sternoclavicular.
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