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Bilateral shoulder dislocation: an unusual occurrence
1Halifax Emergency Physicians, Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach, Florida 32020.
The Journal of Emergency Medicine
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Bilateral shoulder dislocation is an unusual clinical entity. Proposed mechanisms are via various traumatic insults, atraumatic occurrences, and through extreme muscular contractions. A case involving traumatic dislocation as a result of a diving incident is reported. A brief review of this rare clinical condition is presented.
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