Emergency Physician Reduction of Pediatric Hip Dislocation
Traumatic hip dislocation in children is relatively rare but presents a true emergency, as a delay in reduction can result in avascular necrosis of the femoral head and long-term morbidity. After sustaining a traumatic posterolateral hip dislocation, a seven-year-old boy presented to an outside faci...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/24t7p7g4 |