Hip Trauma
A 28-year-old male is brought to the emergency department following a high-speed motor vehicle collision where his knee struck the dashboard. He presents with his right hip flexed, adducted, and internally rotated. Radiographs confirm posterior hip dislocation with an associated posterior wall acetabular fracture involving approximately 40% of the articular surface. Regarding the Thompson-Epstein classification and management of posterior hip dislocations:
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Thompson-Epstein Type I describes posterior dislocation with no or minor fracture; Type II involves ...
Posterior hip dislocations account for approximately 90% of traumatic hip dislocations; the classic ...
Closed reduction should be avoided in all posterior hip dislocations due to the risk of iatrogenic f...
Indications for open reduction include: irreducible dislocation, non-concentric reduction, incarcera...
Avascular necrosis (AVN) risk correlates with time to reduction: less than 6 hours reduces AVN risk ...
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