title: Locked bilateral posterior fracture-dislocation of the shoulder in an epileptic patient: case report.
abstract: Bilateral posterior dislocation of the shoulder, often secondary to seizures, is uncommon, while bilateral posterior fracture-dislocations is rarer still: 0.6 cases among a population of 100,000 people per year. The scientific literature contains very few published reports of cases of bilateral posterior fracture-dislocation of the shoulder, a condition that tends to be sustained by epileptic patients during seizures. The authors presented a case of bilateral posterior fracture-dislocation of the shoulder secondary to a first epileptic seizure episode treated by humeral head replacement with stem less implants on both shoulders, with satisfactory radiographic and clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedics and Traumatology Unit, Latisana Hospital, Latisana (UD), Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cautero
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedics and Traumatology Unit, Latisana Hospital, Latisana (UD), Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gervasi
keywords: epilepsy; fracture; posterior dislocation; replacement; shoulder