Ozan, F Izmir Bozyaka Eğitim ve Arastırma Hastanesi - Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniği, Turkey , Bora, O Izmir Atatürk Eğitim ve Arastırma Hastanesi, Turkey

Inferior glenohumeral dislocation (luxatio erecta)

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Shoulder joint is the most luxatable joint. Luxation may take place either anterior, posterior, superior or inferior.Inferior glenohumeral dislocation (luxatio erecta) is rarely encountered, usually caused by a hyperabduction injury to the arm. The incidence of luxatio erecta has been estimated to be 0.5% of all shoulder dislocations. The clinical presentation of luxatio erecta is characteristic, with the arm elevated and the forearm fixed, resting on the head. The humeral head is palpable on the chest wall. A woman with luxatio erecta humeri, diagnosed clinically and them confirmed radyologically. Closed reduction was achieved by applying traction-countertraction with sedation and analgesia. After reduction, velpeau bandage immobilization was applied to the right shoulder. At final follow-up 5 months after injury, the patient had regained full range of motion and was dismissed. It was reported as it is rarely seen in the literature.

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Luxatio erecta , Inferior shoulder dislocation , closed reduction

Ege Journal Of Medicine

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