"Hands Up" and Social Distancing: A Rare Case of Bilateral Luxatio Erecta During the Second Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown Period.
bilateral
emergency department
inferior glenohumeral dislocation
inferior shoulder dislocation
luxatio erecta
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2022
Nov 2022
Historique:
accepted:
29
10
2022
entrez:
22
12
2022
pubmed:
23
12
2022
medline:
23
12
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In this paper, we present an interesting and very rare case of bilateral luxatio erecta as a result of unattended at-home sports activities during the lockdown period due to the second COVID-19 pandemic wave. A 31-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with the characteristic "hands up" position after an injury on both shoulders while he was performing unsupervised weightlifting training at home during the lockdown. After the successful reductions, the neurovascular status for both upper extremities was evaluated and confirmed without impairment. The patient has fully recovered and has gained full range of motion on both shoulders without any signs of instability. Luxatio erecta is a low-incidence injury, while the presence of this injury in both upper extremities is thought to be extremely rare, with only a few cases published in the literature to date. Bilateral cases are associated with a high rate of complications. ED physicians should maintain an increased awareness for prompt recognition, particularly in polytrauma patients, as the presence of this injury increases the complexity of managing this type of patient in the ED due to the abducted arms.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36545172
doi: 10.7759/cureus.31675
pmc: PMC9762608
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e31675Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022, Ntourantonis et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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