title: Compound fracture of humeral shaft associated with two-part fracture dislocation of ipsilateral shoulder: a rare combination.
abstract: Humerus fracture is very rarely associated with ipsilateral shoulder dislocation. Here, we have reported probably the first case of compound fracture of humerus associated with a two-part fracture dislocation of ipsilateral shoulder. A 30-year-old female presented to the emergency department after a road traffic accident. The vehicle in which she was travelling skidded off the road and she got trapped. She had degloving injury over her left arm with a fracture of left humerus and anterior dislocation of ipsilateral shoulder and greater tuberosity fracture. She was managed initially with wound debridement, external fixation over humerus, closed reduction of shoulder dislocation, and open reduction and internal fixation of greater tuberosity fracture. Skin grafting was done over the wound later on. Fracture united at 4 months with a good range of movement at shoulder at the final follow-up.
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital and Research Centre, Biratnagar, Nepal doc_yogendra@yahoo.com.
authors: Yogendra
authors: Y
authors: Gupta
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital and Research Centre, Biratnagar, Nepal.
authors: Ranjib Kumar
authors: RK
authors: Jha
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