title: Reduction of dislocated hip with transepiphyseal fracture.
abstract: A case report of a 12-year-old boy who suffered a dislocated hip in a football game. He was unable to walk and was in severe pain when seen in the emergency room. Efforts at closed reduction of the displacement were complicated by the development of a transepiphyseal fracture.
authors.affiliation: Garden City Orthopaedic Associates, New York.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Langan
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Fontanetta
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D001858:Bone Nails; D002648:Child; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008349:Manipulation, Orthopedic / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography