title: Delayed complications of treated reduced recurrent anterior dislocations of the humeral head in young adults.
abstract: Patients with recurrent anterior dislocations of the humeral head are advised to have the disability corrected by open surgical intervention. Painful and restricted motion after such a procedure is not always due to recurrence of the dislocation; it may be a consequence of changes in the articular surfaces and soft tissues of the joint-i.e., osteoarthritis. We observed that osteoarthritis was present in instances of recurrent anterior dislocations in both operative and nonoperative cases, but to a lesser degree in some of the operative cases.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology