Luxatio Erecta A Report Of Three Cases

ABSTRACT- The inferior dislocation of the shoulder is rare injury that concerns only 1.01 of shoulder dislocations of our research . The purpose is to broaden the knowledge about information and to determine the actual incidence rate .We report three cases of pure luxatio erecta seen at emergency service of IBN SINA hospital collected between 2010 and 2011. We had two men and one woman whose average age was 44 years. The right shoulder was dislocated in two cases.The dislocation was unilateral and the indirect mechanism in all cases was reported fall from a considerable height on the upper limb in great abduction or antepulsion. All cases presented with the typical attitude of liberty statue arm in hyper abduction. The diagnosis was clinical and confirmed by radiography picture Treatment consists of a reduction in emergency under general anesthesia a good immobilization and early re-education to promote good progress. No complications were reported after twenty two months. The functional long term prognosis is excellent. In all cases the rehabilitation was full and six months after the injury they were returned to full activity.