Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Shoulder Dislocations in Emergency Care Settings in Turkey: A Single-Center Experience

Abstract

Objective: This study evaluated the general epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients admitted to the emergency department with shoulder dislocations. Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study, conducted as a chart review at the Emergency Department of the *** State Hospital between 01 January 2018 to 31 December 2019. Results: A total of 165 patients (median age 50 years and 60% of males) with anterior shoulder dislocations were included. The most common mechanism was traumatic dislocation (65.5%), the primary maneuver of treatment was traction/countertraction (80.6%), and 22.4% were recurrent dislocations. Males were younger and had more spontaneous dislocations. Also, patients with spontaneous dislocations were younger and predominantly males, and tended to be recurrent dislocations than traumatic ones. Conclusions: Epidemiological characteristics of our patients were similar to a previous study conducted in Turkey, but slightly different from the studies in other populations. Further studies evaluating the incidence and long-term follow-up data are also needed to better elucidate the epidemiological features of shoulder dislocations.