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Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Published on: July 5, 2011
Bilateral anterior shoulder dislocation
Bruce S Rudy1, William L Hennrikus
1At Penn State Hershey in Hershey, Pa., Bruce S. Rudy is an assistant professor of emergency medicine and public health sciences and William L. Hennrikus is a professor of pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine and vice dean of continuing medical education.
Abstract:
Shoulders are the most common major joint to become disarticulated, and shoulder dislocation is a frequent patient presentation to the ED. Bilateral shoulder dislocations, however, are rare and typically caused by seizure activity or electrocution. Posterior disarticulation is most common following seizure activity. This article describes an adolescent girl who dislocated both shoulders anteriorly following seizure activity.
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