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Last updated Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Injuries to the rotator cuff and neurovascular structures are less common with posterior than anterior dislocations. However, they do occur.
Associated injuries
Moeller (Moeller, 1975) reported on a patient who had an open acute posterior dislocation of the left shoulder. The shoulder was totally unstable following reduction with tears of the rotator cuff, biceps tendon, and subscapularis tendons. The patient had associated injury to the axillary and suprascapular nerves.
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