Bilateral Traumatic Locked Posterior Dislocation of the Shoulder: A Case Report

Lim,  Jong Min; Suh,  Jeung Tak; Ahn,  Jae Min

doi:2009.12.2.226

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Case Report

Journal of the Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society 2009;12(2):226-231.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5397/CiSE.2009.12.2.226 Published online December 31, 2009.

Bilateral Traumatic Locked Posterior Dislocation of the Shoulder: A Case Report

Jong Min Lim, Jeung Tak Suh, Jae Min Ahn

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea. osahnjaemin@pusan.ac.kr

외상 후 발생한 양측성의 견관절 잠긴 후방 탈구 - 증례 보고 -

임종민·서정탁·안재민

부산대학교 의학전문대학원 정형외과학교실

Abstract

PURPOSE
Bilateral traumatic locked posterior dislocations of the shoulder are very rare and there has been no report on the operative treatment for this injury in the Korean medical literature. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We present here a case of bilateral locked posterior dislocations of the shoulders after trauma and this was successfully treated with open reduction and lesser tuberosity transfer on the right shoulder and subscapularis tendon transfer on the left shoulder.
RESULTS
AND CONCLUSION: Twenty-four months later, the clinical and radiologic results were excellent.

Key Words: Shoulder dislocation; Posterior; Locked; Bilateral; Trauma