Traumatic dislocation of the hip

Abstract

Analysis of 57 traumatic dislocations of the hip, excluding central dislocations, is reported. No anterior dislocations occurred. Road accidents caused most of the dislocations and several patients, most of them young men, had additional serious injuries. Grading the dislocations according to Stewart and Milford (15) is useful for the prognosis, and should to a greater extent be used as a therapeutic guide. Post-traumatic osteoarthritis of the hip (7) and avascular necrosis of the head of femur were seen in 9.1 and 5.5% of the patients, respectively. The clinical results were excellent for 83.6% of the patients, and none had poor results.