A Hill-Sachs lesion, or Hill-Sachs impaction fracture, is an injury to the back portion of the rounded top of your upper arm bone (humerus). This injury occurs when you dislocate your shoulder.

The patient has a large Hill-Sachs lesion as a result of his anterior shoulder dislocation. A Hill-Sachs lesion is a compression fracture of the posterior lateral humeral head as it strikes the ...

Figure 1. Axial MRIs are shown demonstrating anterior labral tear with an acute Hill-Sachs lesion. Source: Ryan C. Rauck, MD; Erryk Katayama, BA; Akshar V. Patel, BS Surgical management of ...

Recent studies suggest a higher rate of recurrence in the presence of glenoid rim fracture (bony Bankart lesion). The authors looked at the incidence of glenoid rim fracture, glenoid flattening and ...