Successful Limb Salvage Using an Orthoplastic Approach of Type IIIB Open Injuries of the Shoulder: A Report of 3 Cases.

Purnaganapathi Sundaram VelmurugesanAgraharam Devendra Sanjai Ramkumar Jayaramaraju Dheenadhayalan Shanmuganathan Rajasabapathy Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran

Published in: JBJS case connector (2021)

"Orthoplastic approach" achieves successful limb salvage in severely mangled shoulder injuries. Volume of muscle crush injury and double disruption of SSSC injury were the main determinants of outcome.

Keyphrases

rotator cuff
minimally invasive
skeletal muscle
optic nerve