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I tripped and fell and dislocated my shuolder, I went to a local emergency room, where they tried four times to get my arm back in without success, then called in an ortopedic DR. who said that I need to have an open reduction, and said he was transfering me to a trauma hospital. for the record, the first DR. stated in her notes , good CSM, FULL strenth!
the ambulance report says good CSM also. I clearly remember theDR. at the first hospital doing a strenth test, where I pulled her arm with my hand, i put my shirt and shorts on befor going to the hospital. I could move my fingers and sqeased both her hand and the ambulance hand. Andrew, I never heard or read that a BPI could result from a dislocated shoulder, does that mean it cant happen? Jill

Well, in the cases I read about the injury was described a iatrogenic, ie physician caused. That may be why Jill is encountering problems getting a straight answer out of any of them. They seem to close ranks a bit when they think they might get sued...I'll try and find some references.....watch this space.

I would like to thank everone for the feedback!
Do you think if I sent my medical Records to DR. Nath, would he give an opinion on my injury?
I will be going to trial soon, I have a positive medical opinon, but would like one from from DR. nath or another TBPI specialist.
Thank's again, Jill

Dr Nath isn't a tbpi specialist, he deals mainly with obpi (birth injured) cases. He does have some tbpi patients as well but if you want a strong case you'd probably be better going to someone whose main interest is tbpi cases and who would have sen injuries like yours more often.
The main 2 I know of are Dr Kline in Louisiana who has specialised in trauma bpi since the 60's and the Mayo clinic in Minnesota who are probably doing the most advanced work with tbpi in the USA today. Both of these groups would be recognised as experts in this field. I don't know if they do legal work tho.....
Good luck Jill, I hope you get some help. I'm still searching or articles about bpi caused following dislocation and reduction. Hang on in there!
Jen NZ