[Development in treatment of floating shoulder injury].
OBJECTIVE
To review present situation and progress in clinically treating floating shoulder injury.


METHODS
Recent literature concerned treatment of floating shoulder injury was reviewed and analyzed in terms of anatomy, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment.


RESULTS
Conservative treatment and operative treatment can get good outcome. But the value of the results was limited, because different evaluation criteria were used in the literature.


CONCLUSIONS
There is no uniform standards about the treatment of the floating shoulder injury. Both conservative treatment and operative treatment have advantages and disadvantages, which method will be used to treat the floating shoulder injury based on local damage and the patient's general condition.
Gao
Bo
B
Department of Orthopaedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu Sichuan 610041, PR China.
Kong
Qingquan
Q
D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000293:injuries; D012540:Scapula / Q000293:injuries*; D012784:Shoulder Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000628:therapy*