title: Glenoid fracture nonunion presenting as instability in a young athlete.
abstract: A case of a teenage athlete with a 4-year history of shoulder pain caused by glenoid fracture nonunion is presented. This individual had findings consistent with traumatic anterior shoulder instability as well as normal radiographs. Arthroscopy showed a nondisplaced glenoid fracture that was stabilized successfully through a deltopectoral approach.
authors.affiliation: Center for Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dirksmeier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D001863:Bone Screws; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012784:Shoulder Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors