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TRAUMATIC DISLOCATION OF THE HIP JOINT IN CHILDREN 1
Author(s) -
Macfarlane Iain,
King Denis
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1976.tb03320.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dislocation , joint (building) , architectural engineering , composite material , engineering , materials science
Between 1949 and 1972, 24 children under the age of 16 years were admitted to Middlemore Hospital with traumatic dislocation of a hip. Half of these were between 12 and 15 years of age, and there was a predominance of boys in the ratio of 7:1. A survey of these children supports the view that the hip joint of a child becomes dislocated more readily than that of an adult.