Abstract
Traumatic hip dislocation in children has a relatively rare occurrence. There are some residual complications, such as avascular necrosis of the femoral head, growth disturbance caused by premature fusion, neurological injury, recurrent dislocation, and posttraumatic arthritis. There is no consensus in the literature about the period of non-weight bearing after reduction. A rare case of a 13-year-old boy of hip dislocation caused by trivial force for age is reported followed by review of the pediatric literatures with treatment recommendation.
Highlights
The incidence of traumatic dislocation of the hip in children has low frequency compared to adults, less than 5% of all those dislocations [1, 2]
Xray demonstrated that the left femoral head was laterally displaced to the acetabulum, which was consistent with posterior dislocation of the hip (Figure 1)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated no evidence of avascular necrosis of the femoral head and healing of soft tissue damage at 6 weeks (Figures 5(a) and 5(b))
Summary
The incidence of traumatic dislocation of the hip in children has low frequency compared to adults, less than 5% of all those dislocations [1, 2]. Lots of case reports were found; strategy of treatment has not been established [1,2,3]. We experienced a case of traumatic dislocation of the hip in a teenager. The case is reported followed by review of the literature with treatment recommendation
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