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Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Published on: July 5, 2011
Treatment options for locked posterior shoulder dislocations and clinical outcomes
Nuri Aydin1, Mahmut Enes Kayaalp1, Mustafa Asansu2
1Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
Posterior dislocations are rare and diagnostically difficult injuries. Diagnosis is often delayed and this leads to a locked posteriorly dislocated humeral head.Treatment options include conservative methods and surgical anatomic reconstruction options as well as non-anatomic surgical procedures such as subscapularis tendon transfer, hemiarthroplasty and total shoulder arthroplasty.Decision-making for treatment as well as prognosis depend on the extent of the articular defect size of the humeral head, duration of the dislocation and patient-specific conditions such as age and activity levels. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2019;4:194-200. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.4.180043.
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