Abstract
Traumatic posterior dislocation of the glenohumeral joint is rare compared. We report two cases of traumatic posterior fracture dislocations of the shoulder joint. In one, a 69-year-old woman, was injured in a traffic accident on June 7, 2002, and immediate closed manipulative reduction without anesthesia was successful. There was no complication. The follow-up period was 6 months. She had no symptom. Radiographs showed union of the fracture with no evidence of avascular necrosis of the humeral head. The other patient, a 75-year-old woman, was injured in a fall on March 23, 2002 and 15 days later, she was treated with prosthetic hemiarthroplasty for an anatomical neck fracture. At the follow-up at 6 months the shoulder was pain-free, and had 120° of flexion.
