The patient is a 74-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension who initially presented to an urgent care facility with left knee pain after falling directly onto his knee. At the urgent ...

Pipkin classification is a subclassification of the Thompson and Epstein type V fracture dislocation. It describes a posterior dislocation with fracture of the femoral head. There are four types ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This Orthopedics Today Round Table features surgical hip dislocation in children, a procedure described by ...

Department of Orthopaedics, Barnet General Hospital, Barnet, Herts, United Kingdom. Injuries in basketball are usually to the ankles and knees. Dislocation of the hip is usually associated with severe ...

Patients who have had THR must follow three rules to avoid hip dislocation: Avoid internal rotation of the affected leg, avoid flexing the hip more than 90 degrees, and avoid crossing the legs and ...

Low-risk patients undergoing a total hip replacement with a posterior approach can skip the standard hip precautions currently recommended for post-surgical recovery, according to a new study.