Delayed diagnosis of traumatic posterior hip dislocation in a 6-year-old girl with 6 years follow up: a case report

Paa Kwesi Baidoo; Boniface Adegah

doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20174526

Authors

Paa Kwesi Baidoo Department of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4028-1911
Boniface Adegah Department of Surgery, Cocoa Clinic, Accra, Ghana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20174526

Keywords:

Children, Dislocation, Delayed, Hip, Traumatic

Abstract

Though uncommon, cases of traumatic hip dislocation have been reported in children worldwide. Averagely, it is recommended that the acceptable duration for reduction after such dislocations is about 6 hours. Even with that there is about 5% documented chance of developing avascular necrosis of the head of the femur. The incidence of avascular necrosis increases with delayed relocation of the femoral head. We report a case involving a 6-year-old girl with a 2-week delayed diagnosis of a left posterior hip dislocation that was reduced and followed up for 6 years.

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