Liporace Frank A, Dasti Umer R, Raiszadeh Kian
Department of Orthopaedics/Trauma Division, UMDNJ/New Jersy Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
J Orthop Trauma. 2008 May-Jun;22(5):363-7. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181728436.
Anterior hip dislocations and posterior hip dislocations are injuries that commonly result from high-energy trauma. Different mechanisms of injury and forces are typically required for anterior and posterior hip dislocations. We present the case of a patient who sustained an injury that initially resulted in an anterior hip dislocation. After reduction and without experiencing further significant trauma, the patient dislocated posteriorly while being transferred from a stretcher to a table in radiology some 14 hours later. To our knowledge, there have been no such presentations in the literature.
