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Blunt traumatic scapular fractures are associated with great vessel injuries in children.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
November 2018
From the Pediatric Trauma Center, Cohen Children's Medical Center, the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York (I.A.e., J.M.P., N.G.R.); Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York (I.A.e., L.M.R., J.M.P., N.G.R.); Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn New York (I.A.e.); and Oklahoma University Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (R.W.L.).
Background: Patients with stable blunt great vessel injury (GVI) can have poor outcomes if the injury is not identified early. With current pediatric trauma radiation reduction efforts, these injuries may be missed. As a known association between scapular fracture and GVI exists in adult blunt trauma patients, we examined whether that same association existed in pediatric blunt trauma patients.
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