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Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Published on: July 5, 2011
Anterior shoulder dislocation and ipsilateral humeral shaft fracture
Mohammad Hossein Karimi-Nasab1, Masoud Shayesteh-Azar, Majid Sajjadi-Saravi
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Abstract:
Simultaneous dislocation of shoulder and humeral shaft fracture is a rare injury, and there is no clear protocol for its treatment. Herein we present a case of a 15-year-old boy, who suffered from a job-related accident and sustained fracture of humeral shaft associated with ipsilateral anterior shoulder dislocation and fracture of greater tuberosity 15 years ago. He received closed reduction of both injuries and coaptation plaster splint for four weeks, followed by Sarmiento splint at that time. Fifteen years after the injury, he has no problem related to the previous injury, and does not experience any episode of shoulder instability.
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