High-energy trauma with anterior shoulder dislocation and concomitant fracture of the acromion: Case report

Authors

  • Andrés Arismendi Montoya Clínica del Campestre. Medellín, Colombia
  • Hernán D. Gallego Eusse Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellín, Colombia
  • María P. Duque Orozco Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellín, Colombia
  • Vilijam Zdravkovic Kantonsspital. Sankt Gallen, Suiza
  • Bernhard Jost Kantonsspital. Sankt Gallen, Suiza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccot.2016.10.002

Keywords:

high energy trauma, anterior shoulder dislocation, acromion fracture

Abstract

Whereas posterior shoulder dislocation with a concomitant acromion fracture is known in literature, there is no report of an anterior shoulder dislocation with an acromion fracture. We report a case involving a 51-year-old patient sustaining a high-energy trauma with an anterior shoulder dislocation and displaced acromion fracture. As the patient had no clinical signs of a direct impact to the shoulder, the acromion fracture was interpreted as a deltoid traction injury due to the high-energy trauma. After closed reduction of the shoulder the acromion fracture was successfully treated conservatively.
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Author Biographies

Andrés Arismendi Montoya, Clínica del Campestre. Medellín, Colombia

Ortopedista y Traumatólogo de Hombro y Codo, Clínica del Campestre, Medellín, Colombia.

Hernán D. Gallego Eusse, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellín, Colombia

Departamento de Ortopedia y Traumatología, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.

María P. Duque Orozco, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellín, Colombia

Departamento de Ortopedia y Traumatología, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.

Vilijam Zdravkovic, Kantonsspital. Sankt Gallen, Suiza

Departamento de Ortopedia y Traumatología, Kantonsspital, Sankt Gallen, Suiza.

Bernhard Jost, Kantonsspital. Sankt Gallen, Suiza

Departamento de Ortopedia y Traumatología, Kantonsspital, Sankt Gallen, Suiza.

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2016-11-02

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Arismendi Montoya A, Gallego Eusse HD, Duque Orozco MP, Zdravkovic V, Jost B. High-energy trauma with anterior shoulder dislocation and concomitant fracture of the acromion: Case report. Rev. colomb. ortop traumatol. [Internet]. 2016 Nov. 2 [cited 2024 May 18];30(3):112-6. Available from: https://revistasccot.org/index.php/rccot/article/view/393

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