Proximal humerus fracture - dislocation 2

The following case although has the same mechanism of injury as described in the previous post of this blog it was a lot easier to fix and had full restoration of motion at 6 months postoperatively with no pain.

This is a 50 year old  male who works as construction worker. The mechanism of injury was a fall from height. He presented in the ER  where he was diagnosed with R shoulder fracture dislocation. Initially his dislocation was reduced, the shoulder was immobilized in a sling and 2 weeks later he had open reduction and internal fixation of the greater tuberosity fracture using only 2 lag screws.