title: Nonunion of a scapula body fracture in a high school football player.
abstract: We report the case of a 16-year-old boy who sustained a minimally displaced fracture of the inferior angle of the scapula during a high school football game. This fracture progressed to symptomatic nonunion and persistent pain. Treatment included curettage of loose, fibrous tissue interposed at the fracture site; fragment excision; range-of-motion exercises started early in the postoperative period, and progressive scapula strengthening. Four and a half months after initial injury, the patient returned to all activities and was asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Shoulder Section, Premier Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Sean B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kaminsky
authors.forename: V Douglas
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Pierce
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003475:Curettage; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries*; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012540:Scapula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*