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Significance of scapular fracture in the blunt-trauma patient.
Annals of Emergency Medicine 1995 October
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the significance of scapular fractures in blunt-trauma patients compared with blunt-trauma patients without scapular fractures.
DESIGN: Retrospective chart review of 11,500 blunt-trauma patients with a control group matched for age, sex, and mechanism of injury.
SETTING: Two Level I trauma centers.
PARTICIPANTS: Ninety-two blunt-trauma patients with scapular fractures and 81 control patients.
RESULTS: Mortality, neurovascular injury, and injury severity scores were compared for blunt-trauma patients with scapular fractures with those of the control group. Analysis revealed a 1% incidence of scapular fractures in blunt trauma with no neurovascular injury and no mortality. Scapular fractures were associated with thoracic injury in 49% of the patients, compared with 6% in the control group (difference, 43%; 95% confidence interval, 31.6 to 51.4; P < .001, Fisher's exact test).
CONCLUSION: Scapular fractures are not a significant marker of greater mortality or of neurovascular morbidity in blunt-trauma patients.
DESIGN: Retrospective chart review of 11,500 blunt-trauma patients with a control group matched for age, sex, and mechanism of injury.
SETTING: Two Level I trauma centers.
PARTICIPANTS: Ninety-two blunt-trauma patients with scapular fractures and 81 control patients.
RESULTS: Mortality, neurovascular injury, and injury severity scores were compared for blunt-trauma patients with scapular fractures with those of the control group. Analysis revealed a 1% incidence of scapular fractures in blunt trauma with no neurovascular injury and no mortality. Scapular fractures were associated with thoracic injury in 49% of the patients, compared with 6% in the control group (difference, 43%; 95% confidence interval, 31.6 to 51.4; P < .001, Fisher's exact test).
CONCLUSION: Scapular fractures are not a significant marker of greater mortality or of neurovascular morbidity in blunt-trauma patients.
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