title: A rare injury to a rear seat passenger: bilateral fracture dislocation of the shoulders.
abstract: Injury prevention measures in automobiles are mainly focused on the front seat passengers and driver. In the event of a head-on collision, rear seat passengers usually escape with minimal injuries. Most commonly observed injuries to rear passengers are to the head, chest wall or lower extremities. We report a case of bilateral anterior dislocation of the shoulders with asymmetrical fractures of the greater tuberosities in a 42-year-old man who was apparently injured in a head-on collision while travelling in a car as an unstrapped rear seat passenger. This kind of injury pattern in an unrestrained rear seat passenger is very unusual and has not been previously described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Sandesh
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1891-0104
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Madi
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Acharya
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Krishna Prasad Peruvaje
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Ramakrishna
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D016896:Treatment Outcome