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Anterior Shoulder Dislocation

A Simple and Rapid Method for Reduction

the Snowbird Emergency Clinic, Snowbird, Alta View Sports Medicine Clinic, Sandy, Utah

Edward A. Gill, MD

Snowbird Emergency Clinic, Snowbird

Michael E. Noyes, MD

Snowbird Emergency Clinic, Snowbird

Margaret Hubbard, MD

Snowbird Emergency Clinic, Snowbird

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 ap peared in the literature. This method is performed with the patient seated in a chair with the chair used as coun tertraction. The physician applies traction to the affected shoulder using downward pressure on a loop of stocki nette wrapped around the patient's forearm. Our method was successful in 97% of 118 anterior dislo cations with no complications. Ninety-three percent were performed without the use of narcotic analgesia.

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