Traumatic Hip Dislocation in Children

Abstract

Traumatic hip dislocation in children is rare and the goal is to reduce the hip urgently. This can be achieved under conscious sedation in the emergency department or under general anaesthesia in the operating room. The most commonly encountered complications are non-concentric reduction, AVN, coxa magna, traumatic proximal epiphysiolysis and recurrent hip dislocation. Associated injuries and neurovascular complications (such as sciatic nerve injury) are rarely encountered in pediatric patients because of the relatively low energy trauma that is required to dislocate the hip. As a result, the outcomes of traumatic hip dislocation in children are typically better than in adults.