Asymmetric bilateral traumatic hip dislocation

Abstract

A case of a patient with traumatic, simultaneous right posterior and left anterior hip dislocations without associated fractures is reported. Simultaneous asymmetric bilateral hip dislocation is very rare. The mechanism of this injury is discussed.

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“…Bilateral dislocation of hip is a rare injury [1]. Asymmetrical bilateral traumatic dislocation of hip has been rarely published in English language literature [2].…”

Bilateral Asymmetric Dislocations of Hip Joints: An Unusual Mechanism of Injury

“…In contrast, our case happens to be purely ligamentous dislocation of both hips without any fracture. Only few cases of purely ligamentous bilateral asymmetric dislocations of hip joints are reported to date [2, 8]. …”

“…Examining the various modes of injury described in published studies for bilateral asymmetric dislocations of the hip joints, they ranged from pedestrian being hit by a car to head on collision of vehicles and motorcycle crash [1, 2, 8]. The single common mechanism involved in most of these cases was a sudden deceleration injury.…”

Asymmetrical Bilateral Hip Dislocation With Segmental Fracture Femur: An Unusual Case Report and Literature Review

“…Asymmetric bilateral hip dislocation is even rarer injury, with only 16 cases reported in English literature. (2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18) We report a unique case, simultaneous bilateral asymmetric dislocation with segmental fracture of femur caused by fall from bus. Only two cases of bilateral asymmetric hip dislocation with associated femur fracture have been reported, (8,16) however there is no case of asymmetric bilateral hip dislocation associated with segmental fracture of femur in the English literature.…”