Open AccessIncongruent reduction following post-traumatic hip dislocations as an indicator of intra-articular loose bodies: A prospective study of 117 dislocations
Author(s) -
Karthik Karuppaiah,
Silvampatti Ramasamy Sundararajan,
J. Dheenadhayalan,
S. Rajasekaran
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.73650
Subject(s) - medicine , reduction (mathematics) , radiological weapon , radiography , labrum , surgery , acetabulum , femoral head , dislocation , radiology , arthroscopy , materials science , geometry , mathematics , composite material
Intra-articular loose bodies following simple dislocations can lead to early degeneration. Nonconcentric reduction may indicate retained loose bodies and offer a method to identify patients requiring exploration so that this undesirable outcome can be avoided.