A Literature Review of the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Dislocation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Rowan University SOM Kennedy University Hospital, Stratford, NJ, USA.

Corresponding Author: James Espinosa, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rowan University SOM Kennedy University Hospital, 18 East Laurel Road, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA, Tel: +1 646 241 5695; E-Mail: [email protected]

Received Date: 07 Mar 2016   

Accepted Date: 21 Jun 2016   

Published Date: 24 Jun 2016

Copyright © 2016 Espinosa J

Citation: Gesumaria RC and Espinosa J. (2016). A Literature Review of the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Dislocation. Mathews J Emergency Med. 1(2): 010.

ABSTRACT

Ultrasound technology has rapidly grown throughout the medical community as image quality has vastly improved over recent decades. In particular, emergency departments can utilize bedside ultrasonography for numerous medical applications including accurate evaluation of shoulder dislocations and reductions. In this review of the literature, the usefulness of ultrasound in the diagnosis of a shoulder dislocation as well as concomitant fractures and other shoulder pathology will be reviewed. Additionally, the use of ultrasound for shoulder nerve blocks as well as current known methods for training medical personnel to use ultrasound via phantom models will be explored. Lastly, trends in research will be discussed that may indicate where the next advances in the use of this technology for shoulder dislocations.

KEYWORDS

Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Shoulder Dislocation; Shoulder Dislocation and Ultrasound; Emergency Department Ultrasound Applications; Emergency Department and Shoulder Dislocation; Management of Shoulder Dislocation and Ultrasound; Ultrasound Phantom and Shoulder; Ultrasound Phantom; Ultrasound and Diagnosis of Shoulder Fracture; Ultrasound and Reduction Shoulder Dislocation; Ultrasound and Nerve Blocks and Shoulder Dislocation Reduction.