Ortho Case of the Week – Shoulder
The patient might give you a shoulder if you don’t fix these in time.
Case 1: A 25-year-old male presents with right shoulder pain after falling off a bicycle.
1. What is your interpretation of the x-ray above?
2. How would you manage this patient? When would you consult orthopedics for this type of injury?
Case 2: An 18-year-old male presents with left shoulder pain after getting tackled in a football game.
3. What is your interpretation of the x-ray above? What grade of injury is this?
4. How would you manage this patient?
Case 3: A 60-year-old male presents with right shoulder pain after a fall from standing.
5. What is your interpretation of the x-rays above?
6. What nerve is most commonly injured with this pathology? How would you test it?