Citation

Rae PJ, Sylvester BS. Injury 1988; 19(5): 361-362.

Affiliation

Ancoats Hospital, Manchester.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3255721

Abstract

Two cases of erect dislocation of the shoulder occurring during racket sports without associated falls or direct violence to the shoulder are reported. Both were mistaken for anterior dislocations and in one, with unrecognized brachial plexus injury, reduction was delayed with subsequent prolonged and incomplete neurological recovery. Erect dislocation should be recognized as a separate entity with a high incidence of neurological damage and requiring a different method of reduction.

Language: en