Posteriorly displaced salter halter fracture-dislocation at the sternoclavicular joint with associated thoracic outlet syndrome: A case report

•Posterior sternoclavicular joint fracture-dislocations are a rare and often-missed injury in trauma.•Posterior displacement at the SCJ is a true emergency and can be associated with compression of vital structures and thoracic outlet syndrome.•Closed or open reduction of these injuries is generally...

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Published in:International journal of surgery case reports 2020-01, Vol.72, p.245-250
Main Authors: McAleese, Timothy, Curtin, Mark, Collins, Denis
Format: Article
Language:English
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Case report
Conservative management
Physeal fracture-dislocation
Posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation
Salter-Harris 2
Thoracic outlet syndrome
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Summary:•Posterior sternoclavicular joint fracture-dislocations are a rare and often-missed injury in trauma.•Posterior displacement at the SCJ is a true emergency and can be associated with compression of vital structures and thoracic outlet syndrome.•Closed or open reduction of these injuries is generally advised but is associated with considerable risk.•Conservative management can be successful in the presence of physeal injury but has never been described in the setting of thoracic outlet syndrome. Posterior sternoclavicular joint fracture-dislocations are a rare and often missed diagnosis. They represent
ISSN:2210-2612
2210-2612
DOI:10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.06.025