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Abstract

BACKGROUND High velocity motor vehicle injuries are associated with hip fracture dislocations especially dash board injuries. Most commonly posterior hip dislocations are associated with occasional femoral head fractures. Computerized tomographic imaging is done to look at the congruency of the hip joint. Safe surgical dislocation or Ganz approach was described in 2001 for exposing the hip in a 360-degree view without damaging the vascularity of the femoral head. In this study, we wanted to evaluate the radiological and functional outcome using modified Merle d' Aubigne-Postel and Harris hip scoring. METHODS The current study is a prospective study in a tertiary referral centre where 8 young adult males were followed up for a period of 2 years 6 months from August 2018 to February 2021 after safe surgical dislocation and reduction with headless Herbert screws to maintain congruent hip surface. RESULTS We had 1 patient with associated chest injury requiring intercostal tube placement, while none of them had developed avascular necrosis or early arthritis. We had used modified Merle d'Aubigne-Postel and Harris hip scoring to assess the functional outcome. We had six patients with excellent results and two patients with good outcome due to occasional pain. We followed all the patients for more than 2 years. We evaluated the radiological and functional outcomes. The results are comparable to other researcher’s studies. CONCLUSIONS Safe surgical dislocation is a very good choice for fixation of femoral head fractures where the complications like early arthritis of femoral head and acetabulum are less along with preserving the vascularity of the femoral head and preventing the chances of avascular necrosis of femoral head. It also provides a good intraoperative view for handling the fracture reduction. KEYWORDS Pipkin Fracture, Ganz Approach, Safe Surgical Dislocation Hip, Herbert Screw