A 65-Year-Old Female with Missed Open Clavicle Fracture and Subsequent Fracture-Related Infection, Treated with Distal Clavicle Resection.

Autor: Lehane KM; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, United States.; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, New York, United States., Bi AS; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, United States.; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, New York, United States., Morgan A; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, United States.; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, New York, United States., Resad-Ferati S; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, United States.; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, New York, United States., Ganta A; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, United States.; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, New York, United States., Konda SR; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, United States.; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, New York, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of orthopaedic case reports [J Orthop Case Rep] 2024 Sep; Vol. 14 (9), pp. 30-35.
DOI: 10.13107/jocr.2024.v14.i09.4718
Abstrakt: Introduction: Open clavicle fractures are rare, and there are no current reported cases in the literature of a missed open clavicle with resultant fracture-related infection and osteomyelitis.
Case Report: We present a 65-year-old female with no reported medical history, who presented to our institution with left clavicular pain and wound drainage 8 days after she was struck by a motor vehicle in her home country of Guyana. She was found to have a missed open clavicle fracture with an associated severe infection. She was subsequently treated with irrigation, debridement, and distal clavicle excision.
Conclusion: We present this unique case with a potential procedure which could prove beneficial in cases of infection, trauma, or oncologic lesions in which the distal clavicle is deemed unsalvageable.
Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest: Nil
(Copyright: © Indian Orthopaedic Research Group.)
Databáze: MEDLINE