• The acromial process has four basic functions: • 1. It provides one side of the acromioclavicular articulation. • 2. It serves as a point of attachment for various
• Nonunion of a scapular body fracture requiring surgical management has been described.
• Nordqvist and Petersson报道:当肩胛骨骨折 移位大于1cm时,7例患者中仅有3例患者恢 复满意;当移位小于1cm时,34例患者中29 例恢复满意。
• Fractures of the skull are found in approximately 25% of patients, cerebral contusions in 10% to 40%, central neurologitures in 11%, major vascular injuries in 11%, and injuries that result in splenectomy in 8%.
• Fractures of the scapular body and spine, as well as insignificantly displaced fractures of the glenoid, acromial, and coracoid processes, are managed nonoperatively.
• Bowen and colleagues reported a case of a significantly angulated greenstick fracture of the scapular body that required a closed reduction.