Erect Shoulder Dislocation in a Child. Case Report
Abstract
The exposed erect dislocation of the shoulder is a very low frequency lesion association in the pediatric age.
The physical and epiphyseal lesions are more frequent than the dislocations and ligament injuries. This is due
to the presence of a bone tissue with great elastic deformity power and a thick periosteum.
We present a clinical case of an 11-year-old patient who suffered an exposed erect dislocation of the right
shoulder, due to a fall of 1 meter and a half high.
The treatment consisted of emergency surgical cleaning, humeral gleno reduction and empirical antibiotic
therapy, penicinila 400,000 IU/kg/day divided every 6 hours and gentamicin 3mg/Kg/day divided every 8
hours for 10 days, immobilization for 3 weeks with a sling followed by rehabilitation, and a follow-up of 2
years at the end of which the patient did not present functional sequelae in the right glenohumeral joint.
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