title: Low-energy anterior hip dislocation in a dancer.
abstract: In this article, we report the case of a healthy young woman who sustained an anterior hip dislocation while participating in a noncontact activity (ballet dancing). The patient's atraumatic dislocation failed closed reduction secondary to interposition of anterior capsule and rectus femoris muscle. Open reduction using a Smith-Petersen approach was concentric and stable. Postinjury femoral nerve neuropraxia resolved within 6 weeks. At 2-year follow-up, the patient was without complications of the injury-including avascular necrosis and posttraumatic arthritis. She returned to dancing and is now asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Drew A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Polatsch
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gidumal
authors.forename: Donald J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003615:Dancing / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome