Reduction of a nonconcentrically relocated hip dislocation in a seven-year-old boy.
Traumatic dislocation of the hip in childhood is a rare injury. Treatment usually consists of a closed reduction and some form of immobilization. Inability to obtain a concentric reduction by closed means is commonly attributable to soft-tissue interposition. This is a report of a method not previously described for obtaining reduction of a nonconcentrically reduced traumatic hip dislocation without an open surgical procedure.
Bennett
J T
JT
Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112.
Cash
J D
JD
D001175:Arthrography; D002648:Child; D025981:Hip Injuries; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed