The unstable os acromiale: a cause of pain in the young athlete.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Os acromiale is a common entity in the middle-age group, in whom it is frequently associated with rotator cuff tears. However, it can be a cause of shoulder pain in the young athletes. We want to increase awareness of this pathology that may occultly affect the young athlete as well as to present the results of a perfusion-preserving arthrodesis.

Methods

Four consecutive young patients (17-21 years old) with a history of at least 6 months of unrecognized shoulder pain were surgically treated for os acromiale. Through a superior approach, stabilization of the neo-joint by means of cannulated screws and autogenic graft augmentation was performed.

Results

Union of the os acromiale was achieved in all the patients. They had an excellent functional outcome, reachin

SUBMITTER: Arenas-Miquelez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7478993 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature