Treatment for anterior shoulder dislocation aims to put the arm back in place, relieve pain, and restore full use of the arm over time. There are both surgical and nonsurgical treatment approaches.

These fractures are more common in older patients with shoulder dislocation. Other bony lesions can be identified on plain x-rays. In particular, an anterior glenoid rim lesion should be sought.

Background Recurrent instability following a first-time anterior traumatic shoulder dislocation may exceed 26%. We systematically reviewed risk factors which predispose this population to events of ...

Traumatic anterior shoulder dislocations are a common problem facing the orthopaedic surgeon in practice, with an incidence rate of 1.7% in the general population. 1 They are the most frequent type of ...

A new effective method of reducing the anterior dislocation of the shoulder. #84. Presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 73rd Annual Meeting. March 22-26, 2006. Chicago.

References [1] Acute rehabilitation following traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation (ARTISAN): pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. The BMJ (2024).

Cécile Pougès, MD, and colleagues categorized 40 patients (age 18-25 years) with anterior shoulder dislocation into groups to be treated either surgically with arthroscopic Bankart repair within ...

A Hill-Sachs lesion is a compression fracture of the posterior lateral humeral head as it strikes the anterior glenoid during an anterior shoulder dislocation. 1 The incidence of a Hill-Sachs ...

Surgical Management Operative management of anterior shoulder dislocation consists of either open or arthroscopic repair of the "essential lesion" -- the Bankart lesion (detachment of the capsulo ...