title: [Results of treatment after traumatic shoulder dislocation. Thoracic abduction plaster case or Desault dressing].
abstract: In 80 patients with primary traumatic shoulder dislocation treated at the Heidelberg Orthopaedic University Hospital we had a follow-up examination. We wanted to know about age and sex of the patients, the number of redislocations in correlation to time and way of fixation. We had 70% male and 30% female patients with 97.5% of anterior dislocation. The minimum age was 16 and the maximum 87 years with an average of 44 years. 48 patients had a Desault bandage for 2 weeks and 32 had a shoulder-arm plaster cast for 3 weeks. There was no difference between both ways of fixation. We also could not see any better results after more than a 3 weeks' fixation. The most important fact for redislocation is the age and activity of the patients. A young man has a very high risk of redislocation within the first year.
authors.affiliation: Stiftung Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loew
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sabo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cotta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001458:Bandages; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Behandlungsergebnisse nach traumatischer Schulterluxation. Thoraxabduktionsgips oder Desault-Verband.