A Rare Case of Fracture Dislocation of Hip: Is There a Pip kin’s Type 5?

Volume 1 - Issue 2

Mantu Jain¹* and Bhavna Sriramka²

Received:April 06, 2018;   Published: April 16, 2018

DOI: 10.32474/OSMOAJ.2018.01.000106

Full Text PDF

To view the Full Article   Peer-reviewed Article PDF

Abstract

Fractures of the femoral head associated with neck fracture and posterior dislocation of the hip are uncommon. Pip kin and later Brumback classified these complex fracture dislocations. However in today’s era patient have more atypical injury pattern. We encountered a case which has never been described in literature and cannot be fit into any previously described classification system. We present the radiological details and management.

Keywords: Femoral Head Fracture; Trochanter Fracture; Posterior Dislocation; Acetabular Fracture; Sciatic Injury; Pipkin’s Types; Total Hip Replacement

Abstract| Introduction| Discussion| Conclusion| References|