Subcoracoid Impingement: Diagnosis and Ultrasound-guided Injection in Throwing Athletes

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Published: Dec 20, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2023.88.6.1796
Keywords:
Coracoid process, athletes, conservative treatment

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Fernando Lossada Finol
Traumadvance Advanced Orthopedic Surgery Unit, Maracaibo, Venezuela
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0828-2164
Julio Alberto Carruyo Avila
Unidad de Cirugía Ortopédica Avanzada Traumadvance, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital General del Sur “Dr. Pedro Iturbe”, Maracaibo, Venezuela
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6995-6292

Abstract

Subcoracoid impingement is a rare condition, therefore, its diagnosis poses a challenge to the orthopedic surgeon. It manifests with dull pain in the subcoracoid region and pain on palpation in the coracoid process as a result of impingement of the subscapularis muscle between the coracoid process and the lesser tubercle of the humerus. The objective of this technical note is to describe an alternative diagnosis and ultrasound-guided injection for throwing athletes with subcoracoid impingement.

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Lossada Finol, F., & Carruyo Avila, J. A. (2023). Subcoracoid Impingement: Diagnosis and Ultrasound-guided Injection in Throwing Athletes. Revista De La Asociación Argentina De Ortopedia Y Traumatología, 88(6), 689-691. https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2023.88.6.1796
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Vol 88 No 6 (2023)
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Author Biographies

Fernando Lossada Finol, Traumadvance Advanced Orthopedic Surgery Unit, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Traumadvance Advanced Orthopedic Surgery Unit, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Julio Alberto Carruyo Avila, Unidad de Cirugía Ortopédica Avanzada Traumadvance, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital General del Sur “Dr. Pedro Iturbe”, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology, Assistant Physician of the Headquarters of the Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Service of the South General Hospital "Dr.Pedro Iturbe". Scientific Coordinator – Student Research Network of the University of Zulia (Redieluz), Academic Vice President of LUZ Fellowship in Arthroscopy, Joint Replacement and Reconstructive Surgery of Shoulder and Elbow, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zulia, Venezuela.  

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