Traumatic Posterior Hip Dislocation In A 9 Year Child: A Case Report

Abstract

-Traumatic hip dislocation in children is a relatively rare injury. If gone unnoticed and reduced later than six hours after injury it can have complications like avascular necrosis of the femoral head. We present a case of paediatric posterior hip dislocation: A nine-year-old female child with a history of fall from height (5 feet) following which patient suffered a right-sided posterior hip dislocation which was reduced within four hours of injury under general anesthesia followed by immobilization in a Thomas splint. The patient followed up after eight months with a completely normal hip.Closed reduction as rapidly as possible following the trauma or an open relocation of the dislocated hip under general anesthesia is the treatment recommended. As pain sensitivity in children differs from that in adults the examiner must always do a hip examination following a trauma to the lower limb in children. Hence, it is imperative for the examiner to assess the child holistically and not to exclude any hip joint condition without proper examination and accompanying radiology.