title: Intrapelvic dislocation of the head of femur through the obturator foramen associated with ipsilateral fracture femur.
abstract: We describe a case of traumatic anterior dislocation of the hip in a 14-year-old boy with associated intrapelvic displacement of the femoral head and ipsilateral fractures of the shaft of the femur and greater trochanter. There was a delay in presentation of eight days. At operation the femoral head was reduced into the acetabulum after enlarging the obturator foramen by performing an osteotomy of the superior pubic ramus.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005270:Femur Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D011630:Pubic Bone / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography