Comparison between external rotation method and milch method for reduction of acute anterior dislocation of shoulder

Anterior dislocation of shoulder account for more than 50% of dislocation that occur in our body. Several methods of reduction are described in literature which are painful or require anaesthesia. This study was undertaken to compare the External Rotation Method and Milch method for reduction of anterior dislocation of shoulder. There were total 52 patients with anterior dislocation of shoulder, distributed randomly into 2 groups. Reduction was done by External Rotation Method and Milch Method for each group and their outcome were compared. The data was analysed by using SPSS for Windows (version 16.0) by applying the Chi-Square test. p-values of