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Plexus injury after reduction of anterior caudal dislocation of the shoulder
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Abstract
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The case is reported of a 45-year-old male patient who fell when his ladder slipped away from underneath him. He sustained a bilateral dislocation of the shoulders (bilateral luxatio erecta humeri). The injury on one hand was a glenohumeral dislocation of the humerus head right to ventral and caudal, accompanied by a suspected fracture of the tuberculum major and on the other hand a glenohumeral dislocation of the left humerus head to ventral and caudal, accompanied by a suspected total collum fracture. Based on this case and the pertinent literature, the patho-physiology, diagnosis and treatment of this rare injury are discussed. After immediate closed reduction, soft tissue damage, fractures or neurovascular lesions should be operated on as soon as possible. |
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Language
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English
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Acta chirurgica Belgica. - Brussel, 1946 - 1996
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Brussel
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2008
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0001-5458
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10.1080/00015458.2008.11680241
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108
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(2008)
, p. 362-364
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000257853300021
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