S Charehsaz [1] , MD A Shahla [2] , MD

  

  Received: 15 Jan, 2008 Accepted: 6 Aug, 2008

  Abstract

  The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated joint in the body . Ninety-five percent of shoulder dislocations are anterior. Bilateral simultaneous dislocation of the shoulder is a rare entity. They are mostly posterior following seizure. Bilateral anterior dislocation after trauma however, is still rarer, mainly as the mechanism necessary to produce such injury is unusual. Only 8 cases are reported in the literature, out of these only 2 are not associated with fractures . We report a rare case of bilateral traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation and discuss the mechanism of injury.

 

  Keywords: Traumatic, Bilateral, Anterior shoulder dislocation

 

  Address: Department of Orthopedics, Shahid Mottahari Hospital, Urmia, Iran Tel: 09143450699

 

  E-mail: charehsaz@gmail.com

 

  Source: UMJ 2009: 19(4): 365 ISSN: 1027-3727

  [1] Assistant Professor of Orthopedics, Shahid Motahhari Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences (Corresponding Author)

  [2] Associate Professor of Orthopedics, Shahid Motahhari Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences