title: Missed obturator hip dislocation in a 19-year-old man.
abstract: Traumatic obturator hip dislocations are rare injuries that are typically diagnosed and managed acutely. We encountered a patient who presented with a painful hip 2 months after sustaining an undiagnosed traumatic obturator hip dislocation. After failed closed treatment, the hip was reduced with open reduction, utilizing a Kocher approach and a trochanteric osteotomy. At 15 months postoperatively, the patient maintained a functional range of motion without clinical or radiographic signs of posttraumatic arthritis or avascular necrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC, USA. evanargintar@gmail.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Argintar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Whitfield
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DeBritz
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D025981:Hip Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult