Hip fracture-dislocation in football: a report of two cases and review of the literature.
Soccer is the world's most popular sport, with over 200 million participants world wide. Fractures account for only 4-9% of acute injuries, and hip fracture-dislocation is extremely uncommon. The potentially serious long term sequelae require that team physicians have an awareness of this injury. Two cases of traumatic hip fracture-dislocation are here reported in recreational soccer players sustained by low energy mechanisms. Prompt reduction and fixation are important to produce a stable and congruent joint.
Harvard Orthopaedic Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, 25 Fruit Street, GRB 624, Boston, MA 02114, USA. egiza@partners.org
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012916:Soccer / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome