Open AccessA Prospective Evaluation of the Management and Outcome of Traumatic Posterior Dislocation of the Hip-A Preliminary Report
Author(s) -
II Onche,
SK Obiano,
M K Udoh
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v17i2.37376
Subject(s) - medicine , reduction (mathematics) , surgery , prospective cohort study , dislocation , confidence interval , materials science , geometry , mathematics , composite material
Traumatic posterior dislocation of the hip (TPDH) is considered an absolute orthopeadic emergency and the outcome of management and prognosis is time dependent. The optimum time within which reduction should be achieved to yield excellent result has remained an issue of considerable controversy. In this paper we evaluated the influence of interval between injury and reduction of dislocation on the choice and outcome of management of TPDH.