Open AccessTrochanteric Flip (Ganz) Anterior Hip Dislocation for Fixation of Pipkin Fracture-Dislocations
Author(s) -
Ashok S. Gavaskar,
Srinivasan Parthasarathy,
J. Balamurugan,
Rufus V. Raj,
Vijay Sharath,
N Ananthakrishnan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jbjs essential surgical techniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2160-2204
DOI - 10.2106/jbjs.st.19.00040
Subject(s) - medicine , femoral head , blood supply , fixation (population genetics) , acetabulum , surgery , osteotomy , population , environmental health
Safe surgical dislocation with a trochanteric flip osteotomy has been shown to be a reliable technique that provides excellent exposure for treating femoral-head fractures with minimal complications. This technique also allows associated labral injuries and acetabular fractures to be treated through the same approach.
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