title: Open posterior dislocation of hip in a 6-year-old boy: a rare case report.
abstract: Open hip dislocation in pediatric patients is a rare injury. Open posterior dislocation because of soft tissue damage is unstable after reduction. There is no treatment protocol in the literature for this injury in pediatric patients. We treated a 6-year-old boy presented with open posterior hip dislocation. Thorough debridement was performed and antibiotics were administered to prevent infection, and fixation of reduction with Kirschner-wires (K-wires) was performed. Nonthreaded K-wires were used under an image intensifier to minimize the risk of physeal injury. A hip spica cast was used to prevent the breakage of K-wires into the joint because of movements at the hip.
authors.affiliation: aDepartment of Orthopaedics, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana Departments of bOrthopaedics cPediatrics, GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mahindra
authors.forename: Ashwani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soni
authors.forename: Mohd
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamin
authors.forename: Harpal S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Selhi
authors.forename: Vimlesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soni
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D002648:Child; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography