Bilateral traumatic dislocation of the hip: simultaneously one hip anterior and the other posterior.
The case of a 28-year-old man with bilateral dislocation of the hip, simultaneously one hip anteriorly and the other posteriorly is reported. In this case a very drunk driver without a seatbelt crashed his car. Uncontrolled trauma resulted in two different types of hip dislocation. At the 2-year follow-up he had a serious mobilisation problem with avascular necrosis of one hip.
Kaleli
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Uludag University, School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Görükle, Bursa, Turkey.
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography