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Case Reports in Orthopedics
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 603726, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/603726
Case Report

A Patient with Clavicle Fracture and Recurrent Scapular Winging with Spontaneous Resolutions

Kendra E. Keenan1 and John G. Skedros1,2,3

1Utah Orthopaedic Specialists, 5323 South Woodrow Street, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84107, USA
2The University of Utah Department of Orthopaedics, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA
3Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84107, USA

Received 22 June 2012; Accepted 26 August 2012

Academic Editors: P.-Q. Chen, P. Lafforgue, and M. Pirpiris

Copyright © 2012 Kendra E. Keenan and John G. Skedros. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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