Reduction of shoulder dislocation in times of pandemic. A new light shining through an old window

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https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2021.86.1.1208

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Luxation, method, reduction, shoulder, technique

Abstract

We present the case of a patient with left shoulder dislocation, who consulted for the emergency service of our hospital in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. A video shows the Davos reduction maneuver or BHM with which the patient was treated.

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  • Omar Lencina, Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “San Roque”, Gonnet, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Omar Lencina, MD. Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “San Roque”, Gonnet, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • Edgardo Luis Demarchi, Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “San Roque”, Gonnet, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Edgardo L. Demarchi, MD. Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “San Roque”, Gonnet, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • María Laura Simbeni, Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “San Roque”, Gonnet, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    María Laura Sinbeni, MD. Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “San Roque”, Gonnet, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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2021-02-11

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Reduction of shoulder dislocation in times of pandemic. A new light shining through an old window. (2021). Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Ortopedia Y Traumatología, 86(1), 107-109. https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2021.86.1.1208

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