Abstract
Traumatic anterior dislocation of the shoulder is a relatively common injury in the young, active population. Most of the interest regarding these injuries has focused on recurrence as the primary complication. Recurrence is not typically a problem in the older population; prolonged morbidity secondary to associated rotator cuff injury is more common. In older individuals, the dynamic stabilizers are more likely to fail (rotator cuff), whereas in young individuals, it is more often the static restraints that fail (labrum). Additionally, with increasing age, the incidence of pre-existing, degenerative tears of the rotator cuff is increasing.
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Franceschi, F., Franceschetti, E., Salas, E.A. (2017). Acute RCT as a Part of Dislocation. In: Imhoff, A., Savoie III, F. (eds) Shoulder Instability Across the Life Span. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54077-0_28
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