An anterior glenohumeral dislocation is a serious condition which can lead to soft tissue damage and substantial defects of the humeral head and glenoid. Little is known about the results of shoulder arthroplasty for the treatment of fixed glenohumeral dislocation. We present a case of an fixed anterior glenohumeral dislocation that developed with no associated trauma in a humeral head with an ongoing avascular necrosis in 75 years old patient with Parkinson disease. The patient had severe pain and a pseudo paralysis of the right arm. Radiology revealed a bone loss of the posterior head. The patient was submitted to a reversed shoulder arthroplasty and at 1 year follow up is happy with no pain; the subjective outcome scores substantially increased and had fair gains in arm mobility with no evidence of instabilities or other complications. We believe, based on the literature, and on recent advances in the implants and surgical technique, that shoulder reverse arthroplasty will probably achieve better results than unconstrained shoulder implants in treating fixed anterior dislocations in geriatric patients. is happy and very satisfied with the surgical outcome, almost with no pain and she is able to do some activities of daily life. On clinical examination ROM is improved with 80º of forward flexion and abduction, internal rotation to gluteus and 15º of external rotation. No signs of instability. The scores improvement was notorious, VAS 3 points, ASES 58 points and SSV 60%.
Keywords:Radiological there was an apparently resorption of the glenoid graft but the glenosphere is stable and no scapular notching is observed.
DiscussionDislocation of the humeral head in this age can lead to cuff ruptures and posterior head bone loss. This mechanical defect can contribute to permanent dislocation [1,[5][6][7].In our case we managed to obtain a good pain control, VAS score diminished from 9 points to 3 points, fair functional results with 80º of forward flexion and abduction, internal rotation to gluteus and 15º of external rotation. The ASES score improved 53 points to a total of 58 points and SSV score improved from 0% to 60%. The results in pain control and patient satisfaction are very good. Functional results are good but are less good than results of reversed shoulder arthroplasty in arthritis patients [8]. No instability problems were noted at 1 year follow up. One common complication in reversed arthroplasty is instability, but being a constrained implant, has less instability problems than hemi or total shoulder arthroplasty. No scapular notching or progressive radiolucent lines were identified in x-ray, but the glenoid graft had signs of resorption, without evidence of instability of the glenosphere. Boileau et al. reported the use of this bony lateralization reversed shoulder arthroplasty. In their series of 42 patients with 2 years follow up the humeral graft incorporated completely in 98% of cases (41 of 42) and partially in one. At a mean of 28 months postoperatively, no graft resorption, glenoid ...