title: Luxatio erecta humeri: Report of a swimming injury with analysis of the mechanism of the injury and associated injuries in literature.
abstract: Inferior shoulder dislocation also referred to as luxatio erecta is an unusual and rare type of shoulder dislocation. Its incidence is about 0.5% among all shoulder dislocations. After an exhaustive search of all the available literature we were unable to find a swimming accident case that did not have other associated injuries and an uneventful reduction. The mechanism of the injury was mostly related to direct axial loading and indirect hyperabduction lever arm. We would like to emphasize the importance of this being a swimming accident, a type of accident that requires awareness of the possibility of dangerous asphyxia injuries caused by panic in the water (swimming pool, river, lake, sea, etc.). We described the nature of the injury and review the literature concerning the mechanism of the injury and associated neurovascular impairment at admission time. We also presented a supplemental video to contribute to the education of young residents and orthopedic surgeons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Antalya Memorial Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gökkuş
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnostic, Antalya Memorial Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ergin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sagtas
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Ozel Bahar Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saylik
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Antalya Memorial Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Turan
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Aydın
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Merkez, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atmaca
keywords: Dislocation; inferior shoulder dislocation; shoulder; swimming injury