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. 2025 May 29:17:138670.
doi: 10.52965/001c.138670. eCollection 2025.

Spontaneous Reductıon Occurrıng Durıng Natural Sleep ın Anterıor Shoulder Dıslocatıon Cases: A Serıes of Four Cases

Bedrettin Akar  1 , Erhan Sukur  2 , Mehmet Balioglu  3 , Yusuf Ozturkmen  4 , Fatih Ugur  5
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Spontaneous Reductıon Occurrıng Durıng Natural Sleep ın Anterıor Shoulder Dıslocatıon Cases: A Serıes of Four Cases

Bedrettin Akar et al. Orthop Rev (Pavia). .

Abstract

In this study, the authors report that in four cases of anterior shoulder dislocation resulting from trauma, where reduction attempts under emergency conditions failed due to muscle spasm caused by severe pain, the state of natural sleep induced by analgesic and sedative medications administered in the observation room helped relax the muscles around the shoulder joint. This relaxation prevented spasm and allowed spontaneous reduction of the shoulder joint to occur within a few hours, without the need for anesthetic intervention.

Keywords: Sedation; Shoulder Dislocation; Spontaneous; Trauma; moderate.

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The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1.. Shoulder radiographs of Case 1.
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Figure 2.. Shoulder radiographs of Case 2.
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Figure 3.. Shoulder radiographs of Case 3.
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Figure 4.. Shoulder radiographs of Case 4.
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