INTRODUCTION Injuries causing fracture dislocation of shoulder and brachial plexus palsy are extremely rare. As per authors' knowledge, three part fracture of proximal humerus with shoulder dislocation and brachial plexus palsy has not been reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION A 53 year old female sustained a three part fracture of right proximal humerus along with dislocation of sho...

INTRODUCTION Anterior dislocation of shoulder is commonest dislocation one encounters in day to day Orthopaedic practice. But bilateral shoulder dislocations are relatively uncommon frequently posterior and secondary to violent muscle contraction. Simultaneous bilateral anterior dislocations of shoulder following trauma is rare occurrence. CASE REPORT 35 year old male presented to emergency d...

Background Traditionally, initial management of first anterior shoulder dislocations consists of reduction of the glenohumeral joint followed by a period of immobilization and subsequent physical therapy to recover shoulder range of motion and strength. This traditional approach in management is now controversial due to the high rate of recurrence. The aim of this paper is to review and discuss...

Background: Chronic locked anterior shoulder dislocation is a difficult clinical problem for patients and surgeons. Prior studies have proposed a variety of surgical techniques to address this problem; however, the failure rate is high. To our knowledge, there have been no previously published studies on the clinical outcome of the Latarjet procedure for the treatment of chronic locked anterior...

Large glenoid fractures are relatively uncommon with shoulder dislocation. Simultaneous glenoid and greater tuberosity fractures with anterior shoulder dislocation are very rare. We report on a 48-year right-handed male who sustained a fall during skiing. He had anterior shoulder dislocation combined with large glenoid fracture and greater tuberosity fracture. He was treated surgically with fix...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The shoulder joint has the greatest range of motion of any joint in the body and as a result is particularly susceptible to dislocation and subluxation. Recurrent instability is a common complication after traumatic shoulder dislocation in young people, with rates as high as 100% in skeletally immature patients and 96% in for adolescents. Treatment for shoulder dislocation has...

Posterior fracture-dislocation of the shoulder is uncommon, accounting for only 0.9% in a series of over 1500 shoulder injuries (Neer 1970). In that study, four of the eight cases of unilateral fracture-dislocation were caused by a seizure, and it is said that bilateral posterior fracturedislocation is virtually pathognomonic of a convulsive episode (Din and Meggitt 1983). There have been no pr...