Traumatic Luxatio Erecta

The first description of erect dislocation is considered to have been in 1859 by Middledorpf and his assistant Scharm. The clinical presentation of this type of shoulder dislocation is, with the arm in complete abduction, the elbow flexed and the forearm supported on or behind the head. It may be associated with multiple complications, including acromion fractures, coracoid or clavicle, rotator cuff injury as the most common and acute form with neurovascular injury.