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- Title
Open perineal dislocation of hip in a child.
- Authors
Sabat, Dhananjaya; Singh, Daljeet; Kumar, Vinod; Gupta, Ajay
- Abstract
The article presents a case report of an 11-year-old male child who was resuscitated from shock due to high-energy motor vehicle accident. Radiographs and computed tomography showed perineal dislocation of the left hip with a crack separation of the trochanter. The wound was debrided and closed with loose sutures and the patient wore a skeletal traction through upper Steinman pin. After two years of follow-up and post-operative care, functional result was good.
- Subjects
CASE studies; TRAFFIC accidents; DISLOCATIONS in children; BONE fractures in children; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE care
- Publication
European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, 2009, Vol 19, Issue 4, p277
- ISSN
1633-8065
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00590-008-0418-2