ART. IV.—Amputation above the Shoulder-joint

Shoulder joint tuberculosis

BACKGROUND Despite the fact that joint tuberculosis is one of the most common forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, it is a disease entity that is very rare in Poland (less than 100 cases a year in the last 10 years). The symptoms are non-specific, and thus the disease is rarely taken into account in preliminary differential diagnosis. CASE REPORT A 68-year-old female patient was admitted to ...

Traumatic Dislocation of the Shoulder Joint

It is interesting to recall some historical aspects of the condition, as it seems clear that man must have suffered from the dislocation for countless ages before he finally embarked on his experiment of civilization. It is quite certain that in Hippocratic times the lesion was well known and its treatment well established. Whether the section in the Hippocratic Corpus was the work of Hippocrat...

Recurrent Dislocation of the Shoulder Joint

Dr. DePalma was the first editor of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, established by the recently formed Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons. The idea of forming the Association of Bone and Joint surgeons had been conceived by Dr. Earl McBride of Oklahoma City in 1947, and organized by a group of twelve individuals (Drs. Earl McBride, Garrett Pipkin, Duncan McKeever, Judson Wilson,...

Posterior dislocation of the shoulder joint.

Coracoclavicular joint with shoulder pain.

A 53-year old man presented with chronic left shoulder pain, unresponsive to anti-inflammatory treatment. There was no history of injury or chronic overuse. Radiography showed degenerative changes of the acromioclavicular joint, an acromion type 1, and the presence of coracoclavicular joint. CT scan confirmed the presence of a joint between the clavicle and the coracoid process with degenerativ...