J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1986 Aug;21(4):713-716. 10.4055/jkoa.1986.21.4.713.

Traumatic Double Dislocation of Clavicle: Report of a Case

• Cho KH
• Kim DH
• Kang SI
• Oh JG

• KMID: 2445922
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1986.21.4.713

Abstract

Dislocation of both ends of clavicle is a rare injury. It was first described by porral in 1831. By 1923 Beckman had reported the sixteenth case, and a eighteenth was added by A. S. Jain in 1984. In most of the cases so far reported the injury has been the result of major trauma. This present report describes a further case of dislocation of both ends of the clavicle, otherwise known as traumatic floating clavicle, double dislocation of the clavicle or pan-clavicular dislocation. Authors experienced a case of traumatic double dislocation which was the result of minor fall in a car than major trauma.

Keyword

Double dislocation; Clavicle

MeSH Terms

Clavicle*
Dislocations*