Posterior fracture dislocation of shoulder is an unusual injury. At the three- part posterior fracture dislocations of shoulder, the most common is an associated fracture of trochin and dyaphisis, until trochiter remains joined to humeral head.

We report a clinical case of fracture of trochiter and trochin, where humeral head remains joined to dyaphisis, and describes the treatment applied.

Correspondencia:

V. M. Teruel González
Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología
Hospital comarcal Santiago Apóstol
Carretera de Orón s/n. 09200.
Miranda de Ebro. Burgos
E-mail: vteruel@hsap.sacyl.es

Patología del Aparato Locomotor, 2007; 5 (1): 24-27