title: Traumatic anterior dislocation of the hip joint with posterior acetabular wall fracture.
abstract: The incidence of traumatic hip dislocation has increased in recent years as a result of high-energy trauma. Anterior hip dislocation forms less than 10-15% of all traumatic hip dislocations. Only a few case reports describe anterior dislocation along with acetabular fractures. The acetabular fracture involved the anterior wall or column in all such cases. We describe a rare case in which anterior superior dislocation of the hip was associated with a large fracture fragment of theposterior acetabular rim and adjacent wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, UCMS and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India. mchadha@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chadha
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Arun Pal
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000077:Acetabulum / Q000293:injuries*; D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001860:Bone Plates; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D025981:Hip Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome