Citation

Westin CD, Gill EA, Noyes ME, Hubbard M. Am. J. Sports Med. 1995; 23(3): 369-371.

Affiliation

Snowbird Emergency Clinic, Utah, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7661270

Abstract

Anterior shoulder dislocation is a common skiing injury. Several methods are available for reduction of shoulder dislocations. We evaluated a method for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation that has not previously appeared in the literature. This method is performed with the patient seated in a chair with the chair used as countertraction. The physician applies traction to the affected shoulder using downward pressure on a loop of stockinette wrapped around the patient's forearm. Our method was successful in 97% of 118 anterior dislocations with no complications. Ninety-three percent were performed without the use of narcotic analgesia.

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