Traumatic anterior dislocation of the hip joint with posterior acetabular wall fracture
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Manish, Chadha; Anil, Agarwal; Arun Pal, Singh
- Source
- Acta orthopaedica Belgica. 71(1)
- Subject
- Adult
Male
Fractures, Bone
Treatment Outcome
Fracture Fixation
Accidents, Traffic
Joint Dislocations
Humans
Acetabulum
Bone Plates
Biomechanical Phenomena
Hip Injuries
- Language
- ISSN
- 0001-6462
The incidence of traumatic hip dislocation has increased in recent years as a result of high-energy trauma. Anterior hip dislocation forms less than 10-15% of all traumatic hip dislocations. Only a few case reports describe anterior dislocation along with acetabular fractures. The acetabular fracture involved the anterior wall or column in all such cases. We describe a rare case in which anterior superior dislocation of the hip was associated with a large fracture fragment of theposterior acetabular rim and adjacent wall.