'Floating pelvis'. A combination of bilateral hip dislocation with a lumbar ligamentous disruption.
A patient is described with a ligamentous disruption at the L4/L5 level in association with bilateral, traumatic dislocations of the hip. The diagnostic evaluation, acute intervention, and definitive stabilisation are reported. The unstable spine posed a problem in treatment with regard to the timing and technique of the reduction of the hips.
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Department of Orthopaedics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103, USA.
Kauffman
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Reilly
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Behrens
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging