Surgical management of multiple painful rib nonunions in patient with a history of severe shoulder girdle trauma: a case report and literature review

Jack Anavian; S Trent Guthrie; Peter A Cole

doi:10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181a15e90

Surgical management of multiple painful rib nonunions in patient with a history of severe shoulder girdle trauma: a case report and literature review

J Orthop Trauma. 2009 Sep;23(8):600-4. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181a15e90.

Authors

Jack Anavian¹, S Trent Guthrie, Peter A Cole

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Regions Hospital, Saint Paul, MN 55101, USA.

PMID: 19704277
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181a15e90

Abstract

The authors report painful nonunions after multiple rib fractures in a 50-year-old man who sustained a displaced scapula fracture and multiple ipsilateral rib fractures. The rib nonunions were reconstructed after an 11-month trial of nonoperative management, which was unsuccessful. The nonunions healed and symptoms completely resolved.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Chest Pain / etiology*
Chest Pain / surgery*
Fractures, Malunited / complications*
Fractures, Malunited / surgery*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Rib Fractures / complications*
Rib Fractures / surgery*
Scapula / injuries*
Scapula / surgery
Treatment Outcome