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Table 1 Injury pattern and treatment of 107 patients with scapular fractures combined with injuries of the ipsilateral Superior Shoulder Suspensory Complex (SSSC)

From: Scapula fractures in complex shoulder injuries and floating shoulders: a classification based on displacement and instability

Fracture/Injury

 

  Scapula

  107/107 (100%)

  Clavicula

  102/107 (95%)

  Acromion

  22/107 (21%)

  Coracoid

  30/107 (28%)

  AC-joint*

  11/107 (10%)

  Humerus

  9/107 (8%)

Mortality

  4/107 (3.7%)

Spinal cord lesion

  9/107 (8%)

Brachial plexus lesion

  15/107 (14%)

Vascular injury

  1/107 (1%)

Treatment

 

  Non-operative

  33/107 (31%)

  Clavicula

  39/107 (36%)

  Scapula

  20/107 (19%)

  Scapula and Clavicula

11/107 (10%)

  Others

  4/107 (4%)

  1. *Acromioclavicular joint.