Scapulothoracic dissociation: An emerging high-energy trauma in medical literature

Scapulothoracic dissociation: An emerging high-energy trauma in medical literature

Scapulothoracic dissociation (STD) is a devastating consequence of high-energy trauma sustained by the shoulder girdle that can easily result in rapid mortality. Since described by Oreck et al. in 1984, STD has been reported in a handful of journals and individual case series, though is still consid...

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Main Authors: Andrew McCague, Adam Schulte, Joseph Vivian Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
Subjects:
Brachial plexus
critical care
subclavian
scapulothoracic dissociation
trauma
Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2012;volume=5;issue=4;spage=363;epage=366;aulast=McCague

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