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An unusual case of traumatic bilateral hip dislocation without fracture

Bilateral traumatic hip dislocations are extremely rare. Most of these are related to acetabular or proximal femoral fractures, consisting of complex lesions, and are rarely pure ligamentous injuries. Posterior dislocation is the most frequent. Some dislocations are accompanied by sciatic nerve pals...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Cobar, Andrés, Cahueque, Mario, Bregni, María, Altamirano, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5441248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28560017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw180
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Sumario:Bilateral traumatic hip dislocations are extremely rare. Most of these are related to acetabular or proximal femoral fractures, consisting of complex lesions, and are rarely pure ligamentous injuries. Posterior dislocation is the most frequent. Some dislocations are accompanied by sciatic nerve palsy. The present case is a posterior bilateral hip dislocation with no other associated lesions, there are very few reports published with this clinical setting. The patient had good functional outcome.