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Unrecognized posterior dislocation of the humeral joint – a case report in the electronic decision-making system

  • Jacek Dygut , Wiktor Boroń , Maria Gołda and Monika Piwowar EMAIL logo

Abstract

The paper presents a description of a humeral joint dislocation case placed in full version in the electronic system of presenting content and making decisions. The purpose of the publication is to draw the attention of especially young, inexperienced adepts of medical art to the fact of making mistakes in the medical art. The process of dealing with the correct and incorrect procedures that occur while trying to identify a medical problem is discussed. The presented case gives the opportunity to have a broad view of the issue and is also faced with the need to make decisions by choosing the course of action, at every stage of analyzing the case. Mistakenly made decisions are explained. Finally, the correct diagnosis and medical procedure about the case of a humeral joint dislocation is presented.

  1. Ethical Approval: The conducted research is not related to either human or animal use.

  2. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  3. Research funding: None declared.

  4. Employment or leadership: None declared.

  5. Honorarium: None declared.

  6. Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

  7. Conflict of interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Received: 2019-06-07
Accepted: 2019-08-11
Published Online: 2019-09-10

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