SOMOS Annual meeting
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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Scapula



- See:
      - Clavicle
      - Neoplastic Diff dx
      - Sprengel's Deformity
      - Scapular Fractures

- Anatomy:
      - scapula serves primarily for muscle attachments and is w/o any bony connection to the thorax.
            - provides origin & mech leverage for deltoid muscle, which prime mover of the shoulder;
      - two palpable bony landmarks:
            - acromion and the coracoid process.
      -   joints include: glenohumeral & AC joints;
            - it also forms the lateral component of the   AC joint;
            - acromion together w/ coracoacromial lig & Coracoid process forms coracoarcromial arch thru which,
                    pass the rotator cuff & subacromial bursa;












Arthroscopic acromioplasty; Technique and results.

Treatment of painful scapulothoracic crepitus by resection of the superomedial angle of the scapula. A report of three cases.

Scapular allografts. A report of two cases.

Traumatic lateral displacement of the scapula: a radiographic sign of neurovascular disruption.

Traumatic winging of the scapula.














Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.