The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 61, Issue 1 2-6, Copyright © 1979 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Treatment of unreduced traumatic posterior dislocations of the hip
JC Garrett, HC Epstein, WH Harris, JP Harvey and VL Nickel
A study was made of thirty-nine traumatic posterior dislocations of the hip
that had remained unreduced for from three days to nine years. The purpose
of the review was to compare the results of closed and open reduction with
those of primary reconstructive surgery. Three of the twenty hips that had
closed or open reduction had good results as compared with ten of the
thirteen hips that had primary reconstructive surgery. Six hips that were
left dislocated had uniformly poor results.