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

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Omar Lencina
Edgardo Luis Demarchi
María Laura Simbeni

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.Level of Evidence: IV
 
 
 

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Lencina, O., Demarchi, E. L., & Simbeni, M. L. (2021). Reduction of shoulder dislocation in times of pandemic. A new light shining through an old window. 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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Author Biographies

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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