Three cases which have had iatrogenic fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus during closed reduction for an anterior shoulder dislocation with fracture of the greater tuberosity in elderly people were reported. They were all females and their age was more than sixty-five years old. We tried to reduce the dislocation without any anesthesia in all cases. The reduction procedures were simple traction methods reported by Stimson and Hippocrates. We recommended Milch's and Kocher's method under general anesthesia at the reduction of the shoulder joint in patients with two part fracture dislocations of the proximal humerus in elderly people.
