RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hip fracture-dislocation in football: a report of two cases and review of the literature
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP e17
OP e17
DO 10.1136/bjsm.2003.005736
VO 38
IS 4
A1 E Giza
A1 K Mithöfer
A1 H Matthews
A1 M Vrahas
YR 2004
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/38/4/e17.abstract
AB Soccer is the world’s most popular sport, with over 200 million participants world wide. Fractures account for only 4–9% of acute injuries, and hip fracture-dislocation is extremely uncommon. The potentially serious long term sequelae require that team physicians have an awareness of this injury. Two cases of traumatic hip fracture-dislocation are here reported in recreational soccer players sustained by low energy mechanisms. Prompt reduction and fixation are important to produce a stable and congruent joint.