Gluteus medius avulsion in posterior hip fracture dislocation–A rare injury

Gluteus medius avulsion in posterior hip fracture dislocation–A rare injury

A 44-year-old male presented to us with right hip pain and limb shortening following road traffic accident. He was diagnosed to have blunt abdominal injury, right hip posterior fracture dislocation, right knee dislocation with vascular injury. Though vascular repair was attempted, he ended up with a...

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Main Authors: Ramesh Perumal, Vijay Shankar, Rakesh K. Yalavarthi, Dheenadhayalan Jayaramaraju, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jotr.2018.03.002
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spelling doaj-fba36e5060d2491caaec280902df9fea2020-11-25T03:30:57ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation2210-49172210-49252019-06-012610.1016/j.jotr.2018.03.002Gluteus medius avulsion in posterior hip fracture dislocation–A rare injuryRamesh PerumalVijay ShankarRakesh K. YalavarthiDheenadhayalan JayaramarajuShanmuganathan RajasekaranA 44-year-old male presented to us with right hip pain and limb shortening following road traffic accident. He was diagnosed to have blunt abdominal injury, right hip posterior fracture dislocation, right knee dislocation with vascular injury. Though vascular repair was attempted, he ended up with an above knee amputation. Hip joint was unstable even after closed reduction and intraoperatively, gluteus medius avulsion was noted. This is the second reported case of abductor tendon avulsion in posterior hip dislocations.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jotr.2018.03.002
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Dheenadhayalan Jayaramaraju
Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran
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Vijay Shankar
Rakesh K. Yalavarthi
Dheenadhayalan Jayaramaraju
Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran
Gluteus medius avulsion in posterior hip fracture dislocation–A rare injury
Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation
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Vijay Shankar
Rakesh K. Yalavarthi
Dheenadhayalan Jayaramaraju
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title Gluteus medius avulsion in posterior hip fracture dislocation–A rare injury
title_short Gluteus medius avulsion in posterior hip fracture dislocation–A rare injury
title_full Gluteus medius avulsion in posterior hip fracture dislocation–A rare injury
title_fullStr Gluteus medius avulsion in posterior hip fracture dislocation–A rare injury
title_full_unstemmed Gluteus medius avulsion in posterior hip fracture dislocation–A rare injury
title_sort gluteus medius avulsion in posterior hip fracture dislocation–a rare injury
publisher SAGE Publishing
series Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation
issn 2210-4917
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publishDate 2019-06-01
description A 44-year-old male presented to us with right hip pain and limb shortening following road traffic accident. He was diagnosed to have blunt abdominal injury, right hip posterior fracture dislocation, right knee dislocation with vascular injury. Though vascular repair was attempted, he ended up with an above knee amputation. Hip joint was unstable even after closed reduction and intraoperatively, gluteus medius avulsion was noted. This is the second reported case of abductor tendon avulsion in posterior hip dislocations.
url https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jotr.2018.03.002
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