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Clinical communication| Volume 8, ISSUE 1, P41-43, January 1990

Bilateral shoulder dislocation: An unusual occurrence

  • Robert D. Mathis
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    Reprint address: Robert D. Mathis, MD, Halifax Emergency Physicians, P.O. Box 11107, Daytona Beach, FL 32020
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    Halifax Emergency Physicians, Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0736-4679(90)90385-9
Bilateral shoulder dislocation: An unusual occurrence
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      Abstract

      Bilateral shoulder dislocation is an unusual clinical entity. Proposed mechanisms are via various traumatic insults, atraumatic occurrences, and through extreme muscular contractions. A case involving traumatic dislocation as a result of a diving incident is reported. A brief review of this rare clinical condition is presented.

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      Article info

      Publication history

      Accepted: June 22, 1989
      Received in revised form: June 12, 1989
      Received: April 4, 1989

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0736-4679(90)90385-9

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      © 1990 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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