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J Accid Emerg Med 2000;17:429 doi:10.1136/emj.17.6.429
  • Emergency casebook

Posterior dislocation of hip in adolescents attributable to casual rugby

  1. K Mohanty,
  2. S K Gupta,
  3. A Langston
  1. Department Of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Morriston Hospital, Swansea
  1. Correspondence to: Mr Mohanty, 65 Hospital Close, Evington, Leicester LE54 WQ (Kmohanty{at}compuserve.com)

    A 11 year old boy was brought to the accident and emergency department with a painful left hip after having been injured it in a tackle in a casual game of rugby. On examination the hip was found to be flexed, adducted and internally rotated with no distal neurovascular deficit. All movements of that hip were extremely painful. Posterior dislocation of hip was …

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