Humeral Head Fracture Dislocation with Displacement into the Mediastinum: A Case Report. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • CASE: A 70-year-old woman pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle presented with multiple orthopaedic injuries including a humeral head fracture dislocation with a large segment of humeral head located in the mediastinum. Thoracic surgery personnel performed a minimally-invasive video-assisted thoracoscopic extraction of the humeral head, and the patient underwent subsequent reverse total shoulder arthroplasty. CONCLUSION: Intramediastinal displacement of the humeral head is a rare, yet serious traumatic injury that necessitates early recognition and comanagement with cardiothoracic or thoracic surgery. Early thoracic intervention to extract the humeral head and replacement arthroplasty is an effective treatment modality.

publication date

  • February 19, 2021

Research

keywords

  • Arthroplasty, Replacement
  • Fracture Dislocation
  • Shoulder Dislocation

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85102221756

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2106/JBJS.CC.20.00437

PubMed ID

  • 33617154

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 11

issue

  • 1