CASE REPORTS
FRACTURE OF SCAPULA DURING ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY
JAMES E. RAMIN M. D.1, and
HENRY VEIT M. D.2
1 Physician, Milwaukee County Hospital for Mental Diseases.
2 Instructor in Psychiatry, Marquette Medical School, Milwaukee.
1. As Kalinowsky and Hoch indicate, fractures of the scapula are rare, but they do occur.
2. A loud snapping noise, such as the "snapping of a stepped-on bent twig" is considered a diagnostic sign for scapular fractures.
3. As a variety of complications do occur, though rarely, it is to be recommended that doctors doing electroshock treatment receive special instructions in regard to the electroshock unit and the possible complications.
