Traumatic hip dislocation in a 21-month-old child.
Traumatic hip dislocation in the paediatric population is a relatively rare occurrence and constitutes an orthopaedic emergency. A trivial force is all that is required and non-accidental injury should not be necessarily suspected. A case report involving a hip dislocation in a 21-month-old child, the youngest in the recent English literature is detailed.
Vemulapalli
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SpR-Orthopaedics, Royal London rotation, UK. k_vemulapalli@hotmail.com
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D000059:Accidents; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014143:Traction