A Case of Neglected Bilateral Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: A Rare Entity with Unusual Mechanism of Injury. (20th April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Choulapalle, Raghuram; Chokkarapu, Ramu; Kolluri, Ravi Kanth; Anne, Sreedhar Reddy; Perumal, Shanmuga Raju; Avadhanam, Pavan Kumar; Bheemanathuni, Ramesh
• Other Names: Saragaglia Dominique Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in orthopedics. Volume 2015(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-04-20
• Subjects: Orthopedics -- Periodicals; Orthopedics; Orthopedics; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.7
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/461910
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6749

Abstract

Abstract : Bilateral shoulder dislocations are rare, and if they occurred, posterior type of dislocations is common. Bilateral anterior shoulder dislocations are very rare and occur due to trauma with unique mechanism of injury. We report a case of unreduced simultaneous bilateral anterior dislocations of shoulder without associated fractures in a forty-year-old man following a unique mechanism of injury; both hands of the patient were pulled from either side. To the best of our knowledge, this unusual mechanism of injury has not been reported in the literature.