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
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