title: [Surgical treatment strategy of the floating shoulder injury].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the clinical characteristics and the surgical treatment strategy of the floating shoulder injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  26 cases with the floating shoulder injury between January 2006 and January 2012 were retrospectively evaluated. There were 15 males and 11 females with an average age of 35.2 (22-60) years. According to Wong's classification of floating shoulder injury: type IA, 3 cases; type IB, 9 cases; type II, 4 cases; type IIIA, 6 cases; type IIIB, 4 cases. All the 26 cases had accepted the surgical treatment. We observed the postoperative fracture reduction, damage repair, fracture healing and internal fixation through the X-ray films. We also evaluated the shoulder function regularly according to the Constant scores and Herscovici evaluation criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 26 cases were followed up for an average of 16.8 (12-24) months.All the fractures healed for a mean time of 2.4 months, the mean Constant score was 89.4 (60-100). The effect of Herscovici evaluation criteria: excellent, 15 cases; good, 8 cases;fair, 3 cases;the excellent rate 88.5%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Open reduction and internal fixation is an effective method for the treatment of floating shoulder injury, but we should select the reset sequence and fixation methods according to the type of fracture and degree of displacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatic Orthopaedics, Xi'an Hong-hui Hospital, Xi'an 710054,China.
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Han-Zhong
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Teng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012540:Scapula / Q000293:injuries*; D012782:Shoulder / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult