Traumatic hip dislocation with ipsilateral femoral shaft fracture in a child: an ‘open and closed’ case

Effect of Thai Tok Sen therapy on upper trapezius muscle thickness from ultrasonographic evidence

“…In the setting of an ipsilateral femoral shaft fracture, achieving adequate in-line traction is inherently more difficult [14][15][16]. Due to this, most hip dislocations with ipsilateral femoral shaft fractures are initially managed operatively using bone clamps, Steinmann pins, or External Fixators [4,5,17] .Given the known risks of additional anesthesia to the fetus such as pre-term labor and low birth weight, every effort was made to achieve a closed reduction of the hip dislocation while in the Emergency Department [18,19].…”

Traumatic Anterior Dislocation of the Hip Associated with Ipsilateral Femoral Shaft Fracture in a Child: A Case Report

“…Factors contribut-ing to diagnostic failure include absence of characteristic signs of hip dislocation and the low index of suspicion because of the rarity of this injury in children. Fardon 8 along with Slater and Allen 19 have stressed the importance of awareness of this combination of injury and of obtaining adequate radiographs of joints proximal and distal to long bone fractures.…”

Hip

“…The simultaneous occurrence of hip dislocation and femoral shaft fracture has also been reported in children. [111][112][113][115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123] Missing such a concurrence is as inappropriate as missing a Monteggia injury in the forearm (see Chapter 16). In 42 cases of dislocation of the hip with ipsilateral fracture of the femur, the dislocation was recognized at initial examination in only 15 cases.…”