Simultaneous anterior and posterior dislocation of the hip joints.

A case of successful treatment of simultaneous anterior and posterior bilateral traumatic dislocation of the hips associated with injuries of iliac and pubic segments of the pelvic ring is reported. The mechanism of this rare injury is thought to have been a simultaneous force from front and rear of the patient while he was seated in an airplane which crashed, with his right hip adducted and his left hip abducted.