Chronic posterior fracture-dislocation of the shoulder: case report and a literature review

Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Aug 13:36:275. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.275.25046. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Posterior shoulder fracture-dislocation is a rare injury accounting for approximately 0.9% of shoulder fracture-dislocations and often misdiagnosed during the initial presentation to a physician. Though the reverse Hill-Sachs lesion is a common injury associated with posterior shoulder dislocation, the associated scapula fracture represents only 6% of the lesions associated with a posterior dislocation of the shoulder. We report the case of a neglected posterior shoulder dislocation with a reverse Hill-Sachs lesion treated by filling with an autologous graft associated with an extra articular fracture of the scapula fixed by a plate and a posterior bone end-stop because of the posterior instability. After two years of follow-up, the patient has no episode of dislocation and is satisfied with the functional result with a constant score of 68/100 points.

Keywords: Posterior fracture-dislocation; reverse Hill-Sachs lesion; shoulder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Autografts
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Fracture Dislocation / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Joint Instability / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Scapula / surgery
  • Shoulder Dislocation / surgery*
  • Shoulder Fractures / surgery*