Volume 13 | Issue 4 | Oct-Dec 2018 | Page 21-22 | Haroon Yamin, Madhav Khadilkar, Shantanu S Deshpande, Tejas Hukumchand Gandhi
Authers: Haroon Yamin [1], Madhav Khadilkar [1], Shantanu S Deshpande [1], Tejas Hukumchand Gandhi [1] .
[1] Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Deemed University, Pune.
Address of Correspondence
Dr. Haroon Yamin ( Junior Resident – III, M.S. Orthopaedics), Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Deemed University, Pune.
E-mail id: haroon_254@yahoo.in
Abstract
In this case study, of a 71-year-old male patient with a history of road-traffic accident; sustained fracture of left acromion, coracoid process and glenoid with intact head and neck of humerus. The patient was treated conservatively( with a shoulder immobilizer for 4 weeks, followed by physiotherapy) and the functional outcome of shoulder was assessed with the help of Constant-Murley Shoulder Outcome Score at 6, 8, and 12 weeks.
Keywords: Floating Shoulder, conservative management
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| How to Cite this article: Yamin H, Khadilkar M, Deshpande SS, Gandhi TH. To Demonstrate the Functional Outcome of Shoulder in an Unusual case of Floating Shoulder in an Elderly Patient managed conservatively- A Case Study. Journal of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Oct-Dec 2018;13(4): 21-22. |