Floating Shoulder: Workup

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Further Reading

Related eMedicine topics

Clavicle Fractures

Scapula Fracture

Clavicle, Fractures and Dislocations

Fracture, Scapular

Clinical guidelines

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® shoulder trauma. American College of Radiology - Medical Specialty Society.  1995 (revised 2005).  6 pages.  NGC:004632

Clinical trials

Plating Clavicle Fractures

Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment for Scapula Fractures

A Prospective, Randomised Long-Term Follow-up of Operative Versus Non-Operative Treatment of Gr. 3 Acromioclavicular Dislocation

Keywords

floating shoulder, ipsilateral fractures of the clavicle and scapular neck, clavicle fracture, scapula fracture

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