Orthopaedics & MSK — Flashcards

What is the management for uncomplicated shoulder dislocation? _____

_____ shoulder dislocations present with arm held in fixed abduction >125°

What is the management for complicated shoulder dislocation (e.g. fracture-dislocation, unsuccessful closed reduction, neurovascular injury)? _____

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with an externally rotated shoulder that is close to body (handshake position), and numbness over the deltoid? _____

Hint: diagnosis

_____ is when the head of humerus dislocates out of the glenoid fossa

Posterior shoulder dislocations are caused by _____ & electrocution

Hint: most common

Spot diagnosis = _____

_____ shoulder dislocations present with slight abduction & external rotation

Shoulder dislocations will have _____ shoulder pain, reduced shoulder movement, & a(n) palpable dent

Hint: severity

Shoulder dislocation classification: 1) _____ ~95% 2) Posterior dislocation ~4% 3) Inferior dislocation ~1%