Talk:Dislocated shoulder

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Transition from Shoulder problems

Shoulder problems has a well written synopsis but doesn't include references. Verifying and transferring the information over would be much appreciated. Ichibani 03:59, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thousands of years?

" ..For thousands of years after a dislocated shoulder is reduced, the patient's arm has been immobilized in a sling .. " Thousands of years? Is that.. right? Th 2005 (talk) 23:31, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there's discussion in the article of Hippocrates' method for reduction, and he lived over 2000 years ago. He was surely sophisticated enough to strap down a hurt arm. It's not as if an arm-sling is high-tech, and immobilizing injured parts must be a very old form of first aid.

I'm typing this now wearing a finger splint that would have been perfectly accessible to the mind of an Ancient Egyptian with mallet finger: "Body part out of place. Put back in place; tie it there. Get back to work." You know? -GTBacchus^(talk) 03:05, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Improperly referenced link in Surgery

I would fix it up, but I'm afraid I'm inexperience (: Curtiswwe (talk) 12:08, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Inaccuracies in the reduction section

The "external rotation" method described in this section is identical to Kocher's reduction. However, "external rotation" is said to be employed, whereas Kocher's is "rarely used any more". In my opinion, this section requires clarification and correction - anyone agree? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.185.76 (talk) 23:15, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Please discuss Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:37, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MrOllie

I made evidence based edits, I did not give medical advice. Why did you take my edits down--Jwidaws2 (talk) 19:39, 9 March 2021 (UTC)-[reply]

We are adding information from the literature on Shoulder Dislocations, not offering medical advice. --CaW23 (talk) 19:44, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Statements like 'Basic level exercises should be performed everyday while more advanced exercises should be performed approximately three times a week.' are dispensing medical advice. It is not up to us to tell patients what they should be doing. This content was also based on a single trial. Wikipedia has special requirements for sourcing of medical content, which you can find at WP:MEDRS. As you can see, Wikipedia generally does not cover or cite single trials. Meta-analyses or systematic reviews should be used instead. - MrOllie (talk) 19:49, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your feedback. The following content came from a systematic review: Not all patients require surgery following a shoulder dislocation. There is moderate quality evidence that patients who receive physical therapy after an acute shoulder dislocation will not experience recurrent dislocations. Some patients who experience shoulder dislocations and do not undergo surgery have been shown not to experience re- dislocation within two years of the initial injury. I would ask that you consider putting this information back on the page because it meeds Wikipedia's requirements for sources. Thank you. --CaW23 (talk) 20:04, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CaW23, I didn't remove that. As you can see, it is still in the article now. MrOllie (talk) 20:17, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]