Score: Ideberg classification

Use: Scapula fracture

Type I

Fracture of the glenoid rim
  • Type IA: anterior
  • Type IB: posterior
  • Type II

    Transverse fracture through the glenoid fossa with an inferior triangular fragment displaced with the humeral head

    Type III

    Oblique fracture through the glenoid, exiting at the mid-superior border of the scapula; often associated with acromioclavicular fracture

    Type IV

    Horizontal fracture exiting though the medial border of the scapula

    Type V

    Type IV + fracture separating the inferior half of the glenoid

    Type VI

    Severe comminution of the glenoid surface

    Reference

    Classification and Diagnosis in Orthopaedic Trauma. Editors: Rahij Anwar, Kenneth W. R. Tuson, Shah Alam Khan. Cambridge University Press, 2008