Shoulder dislocation and instability
Written by:The shoulder is a very delicate area of the body because it consists of no less than 5 joints. In the case of dislocation is therefore very important to find the proper treatment to the problem, as explained by our expert in orthopedics and traumatology
What is the dislocation of the shoulder, and how often it appears?
The dislocation of the shoulder appears when the humeral head is detached from the cavity where it is normally the shoulder blade. If the output of this is complete is called a dislocation, but if the output is partial is called a subluxation. Both are two forms of instability of the shoulder. The shoulder joint is the one with greater mobility of the human body and also the most unstable, so the dislocation is a very common disease for this articulation.
What should be done for shoulder instability?
When the head of ' the humerus out of the cavity plenoidea, instability becomes both total dislocation is partial to form a subluxation. Thus products are a series of lesions inside. If the injuries are serious, the ligaments and the meniscus is joint grub from the cavity of the scapula and the healing is not done properly and the shoulder instability may persist. In other words: the humeral head may dislocate repeatedly and the patient has a recurrent dislocation.
All instabilities are equal?
There are two types of instability. The first is that non-traumatic, ie without traumatism or with a small traumatism, due to ligaments lassi. Many times there are reversible injuries that do not require surgical treatments. The second major type of instability of the shoulder is due to a major trauma, such as a traumatism due to a sports accident. For this type of instability the lesions are of greater importance and many times require a surgical treatment, especially in young patients in whom the lesions are more important.
What is the treatment?
The treatment of the instability of the shoulder varies according to each type of instability and must be adapted to each type of patient. Non-traumatic instability is conservative treatment, with good results, performing a exercises to strengthen the musculature program. In the second type of instability, the traumatic, the treatment in most of the time will be surgical and arthroscopic form in over 90% of cases. L ' arthroscopy of the shoulder, through small incisions, is performed by placing a video camera to operate inside the joint, and allows you to treat existing injuries. The shoulder arthroscopy is currently a very safe technique that allows to correct the instability in the postoperative phase in an effective and with few annoyances for the patient.