SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A STRESS-FRACTURE OF THE ACROMION AFTER ARTHROSCOPIC SUBACROMIAL DECOMPRESSION IN AN ELITE TENNIS PLAYER

Authors
RUPP S SEIL R KOHN DM
Citation
S. Rupp et al., SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A STRESS-FRACTURE OF THE ACROMION AFTER ARTHROSCOPIC SUBACROMIAL DECOMPRESSION IN AN ELITE TENNIS PLAYER, Arthroscopy, 14(1), 1998, pp. 106-108
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
Journal title
Arthroscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
07498063
Volume
14
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
106 - 108
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-8063(1998)14:1<106:SROASO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We report the case of a stress fracture of the acromion after arthrosc opic subacromial decompression in a 31-year-old female elite tennis pl ayer. The fracture was treated successfully by surgical reconstruction using two parallel Kirschner wires and a tension band.