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.

Perspective from Julie Y. Bishop, MD WASHINGTON — Results presented here showed that an inferior sagittal position of a Hill-Sachs lesion may be associated with increased failure risk of primary ...

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 ...

The authors looked at the incidence of glenoid rim fracture, glenoid flattening and Hill-Sachs defect after recurrent shoulder dislocations. A prospective study was conducted in the Trauma and ...