A Case of Anterior Dislocation of the Shoulder with Fracture of the Coracoid Process

Abstract

We reported a case of anterior dislocation of the shoulder with fracture of the coracoid process. A fifty-four-year-old man injured his left shoulder when he fell from a roof and hung with his left arm. He was treated surgically because the coracoid tip was displaced combined with an antero-inferior glenoid fracture. The left arm was rested in Velpeau bandage for 3 weeks, then active exercises were begun. Seven months after the operation, full range of motion was present with normal strength of the shoulder muscles without pain. We suggest that the mecanism of injury of this avulsion fracture of the coracoid tip was as a result of a rapid contraction force of the conjoined tendon.