title: [Surgical treatment for posterior hip dislocations complicated with fractures of femoral head and acetabulum].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the effectiveness and prognosis on surgical treatment of posterior hip dislocations complicated with fractures of femoral head and acetabulum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventeen patients with posterior hip dislocations complicated with fractures of femoral head and acetabulum were reviewed in the study. All the patients were treated with manual reduction within 12 hours after injury. CT location was used before operation. Absorbable screw fixation was performed for the femoral head fractures, while plate fixation or resection was performed for acetabular fractures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the patients got bony union within 6 months after operation without femoral head necrosis. Evaluate joint function according to Modifie Daobigne and Postal clinical classification criteria, 8 patients got an excellent result, 7 good and 2 fair. The excellent and good rate was 88.2%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical treatment can have a satisfactory prognosis for patient with posterior femoral head and acetabulum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, the TCM Hospital of Xiangxiang, Xiangxiang 411400, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Zhong-mei
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Yi-ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ming-gao
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jun-de
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000293:injuries*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome