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A1 van Schie-van der Weert, Esther M.
A1 van Laanen, Jorinde H.H.
A1 Kraan, Gerald A.
A1 de Vries, Mark R.
T1 Intrathoracic Displacement of a Scapular FractureA Case Report
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2012
FD February 1
VO 94
IS 3
SP e16 1
OP 3
DO 10.2106/JBJS.K.00141
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.K.00141
AB 
Most scapular fractures are caused by high-impact blunt injuries, often a result of motor vehicle accidents1. These fractures are regularly associated with other injuries, including clavicular fracture (a 26% rate in one study2), fractured skull (24%2), cerebral contusion (20%2), neurologic deficit (13%2), and pulmonary contusion or hemopneumothorax (16%2). Intrathoracic displacement of a scapular fracture fragment is a rare complication of a scapular fracture.