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While several studies focused on concomitant injuries of chest and head as well as the cervical spine, up to now in the common literature, no study exists analyzing the prevalence of concomitant intra-articular glenohumeral injury following extra-articular scapular fracture. Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of concomitant intra-articular glenohumeral injuries in acute fractures of the scapula by performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the shoulder joint. Study Design and Methods: This prospective cohort study was performed at our academic Level I trauma center from November 2014 to October 2016. According to our clinical algorithm, all patients suffering from an acute scapula body fracture primarily underwent computed tomography (CT) for assigning the fracture according to the Orthopedic Trauma Association (OTA)-classification and therapy planning. In addition, 3 T MRI-scans of all patients were performed within seven days after trauma. Results: Twenty-one (16 male\/5 female, mean age 53 years (25\u201383 y) patients with scapula body fractures (OTA 14.A3.2 80.1%, OTA 14.A3.1 4.8%, OTA14.B3.1 4.8%, OTA14.C3 9.5%) were enrolled. MRI revealed 11 acute intra-articular injuries in 8 of 21 patients (38%). In all 21 patients, hematoma of the rotator cuff and periarticular muscles was present. Three patients (14.3%) presented a partial bursa sided tear of the supraspinatus tendon, whereas in 5 (23.8%), a partial articular sided supraspinatus tendon tear and in 2 (9.5%) patients, a subtotal tear was observed. One patient (4.8%) showed a complete transmural supraspinatus tendon tear. Conclusions: Traumatic concomitant glenohumeral injuries in scapula body fractures seem to be more frequent than generally expected. Subsequent surgical treatment of these formerly missed but therapy-relevant injuries may increase functional outcome and reduce the postoperative complication rate following scapula body fractures.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm9040943","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,2]],"date-time":"2020-04-02T13:39:34Z","timestamp":1585834774000},"page":"943","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Concomitant Intra-Articular Glenohumeral Lesions in Fractures of the Scapula Body"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9956-0619","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michael","family":"Zyskowski","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, Klinik und Poliklinik f\u00fcr Unfallchirurgie, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 M\u00fcnchen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sebastian","family":"Pesch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, Klinik und Poliklinik f\u00fcr Unfallchirurgie, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 M\u00fcnchen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Frederik","family":"Greve","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, Klinik und Poliklinik f\u00fcr Unfallchirurgie, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 M\u00fcnchen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6114-3281","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Markus","family":"Wurm","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, Klinik und Poliklinik f\u00fcr Unfallchirurgie, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 M\u00fcnchen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesca","family":"von Matthey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, Klinik und Poliklinik f\u00fcr Unfallchirurgie, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 M\u00fcnchen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2002-8337","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniela","family":"Pfeiffer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, Klinik und Poliklinik f\u00fcr Strahlentherapie und Radiologie, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 M\u00fcnchen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sophie","family":"Felix","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, Klinik und Poliklinik f\u00fcr Unfallchirurgie, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 M\u00fcnchen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Arne","family":"Buchholz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, Klinik und Poliklinik f\u00fcr Unfallchirurgie, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 M\u00fcnchen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chlodwig","family":"Kirchhoff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, Klinik und Poliklinik f\u00fcr Unfallchirurgie, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 M\u00fcnchen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1565","DOI":"10.1016\/S0039-6109(16)37145-6","article-title":"Fractures of the Scapula","volume":"43","author":"Rowe","year":"1963","journal-title":"Surg. 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