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Anterior subglenoid shoulder dislocation with brachial plexus injury in infants presents with fixed arm abduction and scapular winging, and required open reduction in two reported cases.
Anterior subglenoid dislocation of the shoulder should be suspected in infants with brachial plexus injury presenting with fixed abduction of the arm and winging of the scapula, and may require open reduction.
Alerts clinicians to rare anterior subglenoid dislocation in infants with brachial plexus injury; leaves open optimal management strategies.
Two infants with anterior subglenoid dislocation of the shoulder associated with branchial plexus injury are reported. The diagnosis should be suspected when fixed abduction of the arm and winging of the scapula are present. Open reduction was required in both cases.
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Babbitt et al. (1968) studied this question. Anterior subglenoid shoulder dislocation with brachial plexus injury in infants presents with fixed arm abduction and scapular winging, and required open reduction in two reported cases.
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