Aortic Injury After Shoulder Reduction in a Patient with Multiple Rib Fractures: A Case Report.
Eic-Ju LimSe-Heon KimHyun-Chul ShonJae-Young YangPublished in: JBJS case connector (2022)
The authors encountered an aortic injury, a rare complication of shoulder joint reduction, in a patient with a posterior rib fracture. When managing patients with posterior fractures of the fourth to ninth ribs on the left side, the reduction method should be carefully selected depending on the status of the patient to avoid aortic injuries.