title: Old unreduced traumatic anterior dislocation of the hip.
abstract: We report a case of neglected anterior dislocation of the hip. A young man presented 5 months following a fall from a tree where he sustained the injury. An MRI of the hip confirmed avascular necrosis of the dislocated head of femur. A modified girdlestone operation was performed leaving the patient with a painfree functional hip.
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, Lancashire, UK. avinashalva@gmail.com
authors: Avinash
authors: A
authors: Alva
authors: Mahima
authors: M
authors: Shetty
authors: Vishwajeet
authors: V
authors: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D001178:Arthroplasty; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
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