Posterior fracture-dislocation of the shoulder treated by a Neer hemiarthroplasty with a posterior surgical approach.
A 75-year-old man sustained a posterior dislocation of the shoulder associated with a completely displaced fracture through the anatomical neck of the humerus. The patient was treated successfully by a Neer hemiarthroplasty inserted through a posterior surgical approach. The posterior approach was selected because the usual anterior approach would have been complicated because of interference with a cardiac pacemaker situated in the deltopectoral region of the involved shoulder.
D000368:Aged; D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012784:Shoulder Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery