HIP DISLOCATION Flashcards
TYPE
POSTERIOR
ANTERIOR
CENTRAL
POSTERIOR DISLOCATION
HEAD OF FEMUR PUSHED OUT POSTERIORLY
MECHANISM
DASHBOARD INJURY -
FORCE ALONG LONG AXIS OF FEMUR AND PUSHES FEMORAL HEAD OUT OF SOCKET POSTERIORLY
CLINICAL FEATURES
HISTORY OF TRAUMA
PAIN
SWELLING
DEFORMITY= FLEXION ADDUCTION ANDD INTERNAL ROTATION
RESTRICTED MOVEMENT
SHORTENING OF LIMB
HEAD FELT IN GLUTEAL REGION
IMAGING
X RAY
CT SCAN
X RAY
AP VIEW =
SHENTONS LINE DISRUPTED
LESSOR TROCHANTER LESS VISIBLE
FEMORAL HEAD OUT OF SOCET AND ABOVE AND BEHIND ACETABULUM
ASSOCIATED FRACTURE OF ACETABULUM
OBLIQUE VIEW =
SIZE OF FRACTURE FRAGMENT
CLASSIFICATION ( THOMPSON AND EPSTEIN CLASSIFICATION )
( WRITE IN ROMAN NUMBER )
TYPE 1 = DISLOCATION WITH NO M ORE THAN CHIP FRACTURE
TYPE 2 = DISLOCATION WITH SINGLE LARGE FRAGMENT OF POSTERIOR ACETABULAR WALL
TYPE 3 = DISLOCATION WITH COMMINUTED FRACTURE OF POSTERIOR ACETABULAR WALL
TYPE 4 = DISLOCATION WITH FRACTURE THROUGH ACETABULAR FLOOR
TYPE 5 = DISLOCATION WITH FRACTURE THROUGH ACETABULAR FLOOR AND FRACTURE OF FEMORAL HEAD.
TREATMENT
TYPE 1
TYPE 2 - ORIF
TYPE 3 - CLOSED REDUCTION, IF FRAGMENTS RETAINED THEN OPEN REDUCTION
TYPE 4 AND 5- CLOSE REDUCTION , IF UNSTABLE HIP AND FRAGMENTS RETAINED OPEN REDUCTION
TYPE 1
CLOSED REDUCTION ( ALLIS TECHINIQUE ) AND TRACTION FOR 6 TO 12 WEEKS
ALLIS TECHNIQUE
PATIENT ANESTHETISED AND PLACED SUPINE ON FLOOR
ASSISTENT GRAPS PELVIS
SURGEON FLEXES THE HIP AND KNEE AT RIGHT ANGLE
EXERTS PULL ALONG THE LONG AXIS OF FEMUR
IF SOUND HEARD - HIP REDUCED , MOVES FREELY
COMPLICATION
EARLY =
SCIATIC NERVE INJURY
GLUTEAL ARTERY INJURY
ASSOCIATED FRACTURE OF FEMORAL SHAFT
LATE =
AVN
MYOSSITIS OSSIFICANS
UNREDUCED DISLOCATION
OSTEOARTHRITIS
RECURRENT DISLOCATION