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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1961;43:219-228.
© 1961 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Congenital Elevation of the Scapula

Correction by Release and Transplantation of Muscle Origins

Joe W. Woodward M.D.1

1 Waco, Texas

A procedure for the correction of congenital elevation of the scapula is described, in which correction is obtained by moving the origins of the trapezius and rhomboids downward after resection of the omovertebral bone or other fibrous bands. No muscles are stripped from the scapula. The preliminary results in nine patients have been encouraging; there was no regeneration of bone, and there was good function of the shoulder. In one patient, transitory brachial palsy developed when too much correction was attempted.


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