title: Anterior shoulder dislocation and ipsilateral humeral shaft fracture.
abstract: Simultaneous dislocation of shoulder and humeral shaft fracture is a rare injury, and there is no clear protocol for its treatment. Herein we present a case of a 15-year-old boy, who suffered from a job-related accident and sustained fracture of humeral shaft associated with ipsilateral anterior shoulder dislocation and fracture of greater tuberosity 15 years ago. He received closed reduction of both injuries and coaptation plaster splint for four weeks, followed by Sarmiento splint at that time. Fifteen years after the injury, he has no problem related to the previous injury, and does not experience any episode of shoulder instability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Hossein
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Karimi-Nasab
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shayesteh-Azar
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sajjadi-Saravi
authors.forename: Seyed Mohamad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mehdi Daneshpoor
keywords: Shoulder; glenohumeral dislocation; humeral fracture