Citation

Xiao J, Hamera JA, Hutchinson CH, Berger DA. Clin. Pract. Cases Emerg. Med. 2017; 1(4): 329-332.

Affiliation

Beaumont Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine)

DOI

10.5811/cpcem.2017.8.35161

PMID

29849327

PMCID

PMC5965207

Abstract

We present a case of bilateral posterior native hip dislocations after a fall from standing. This exceedingly rare diagnosis is classically associated with younger patients whose bones are strong enough to dislocate rather than fracture in the setting of a high-momentum collision. We present an unusual case of an 88-year-old male with native hips who sustained a low-energy collision after falling from standing and was found to have bilateral posterior hip dislocations without associated pelvis or femur fractures.

Language: en