Shoulder Instability
A 35-year-old male presents to the emergency department following a seizure. He has shoulder pain and cannot externally rotate his arm. The arm is held in internal rotation and adduction. Standard AP radiograph shows a "lightbulb sign." CT scan confirms posterior shoulder dislocation with a reverse Hill-Sachs lesion involving 25% of the articular surface. Regarding reverse Hill-Sachs lesions and posterior shoulder dislocation:
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A reverse Hill-Sachs lesion is an impaction fracture of the anteromedial humeral head caused by impi...
Posterior shoulder dislocations are commonly missed (up to 50% initially); the "lightbulb sign" on A...
Reverse Hill-Sachs lesions always require surgical treatment regardless of size; the lesion is locat...
Treatment depends on lesion size: less than 20% articular involvement may be treated with closed red...
The McLaughlin procedure involves transfer of the subscapularis tendon with or without the lesser tu...
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