A missed orthopaedic injury following a seizure: a case report

Numerous orthopaedic injuries can follow a seizure and are often diagnosed late. This is the first documented case of a missed bilateral anterior shoulder dislocation following a seizure. The possible reasons for the greater incidence of posterior dislocations are examined and why bilateral anterior...

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Autores principales: O'Connor-Read, Laurence, Bloch, Benjamin, Brownlow, Harry
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17493271
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-20
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author O'Connor-Read, Laurence
Bloch, Benjamin
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description Numerous orthopaedic injuries can follow a seizure and are often diagnosed late. This is the first documented case of a missed bilateral anterior shoulder dislocation following a seizure. The possible reasons for the greater incidence of posterior dislocations are examined and why bilateral anterior dislocations following a seizure are so rare. The article discusses the reasons for the delay and highlights potential pitfalls and learning points for junior emergency department doctors.
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spelling pubmed-18762392007-05-22 A missed orthopaedic injury following a seizure: a case report O'Connor-Read, Laurence Bloch, Benjamin Brownlow, Harry J Med Case Reports Case Report Numerous orthopaedic injuries can follow a seizure and are often diagnosed late. This is the first documented case of a missed bilateral anterior shoulder dislocation following a seizure. The possible reasons for the greater incidence of posterior dislocations are examined and why bilateral anterior dislocations following a seizure are so rare. The article discusses the reasons for the delay and highlights potential pitfalls and learning points for junior emergency department doctors. BioMed Central 2007-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC1876239/ /pubmed/17493271 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-20 Text en Copyright © 2007 O'Connor-Read et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short A missed orthopaedic injury following a seizure: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876239/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-20
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