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Transitory inferior dislocation of shoulder in a child after humerus fracture
1Department of Orthopaedics, Wahat Shifa Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
A case of transitory inferior shoulder dislocation in 12 years old boy is reported. He fell from bicycle and injured his left shoulder region. X-ray revealed mildly displaced fracture of the surgical neck of left humerus. Arm sling was applied on fractured side and analgesics were prescribed for pain. As routine follow-up, X-rays were repeated after one week, alignment of fracture was good but humeral head was dislocated inferior to glenoid. This dislocation was not in immediate post-injury radiograph. Transitory inferiorly dislocation of shoulder is very rare in children.
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