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What is the most common direction of traumatic dislocation?
Posterior
What direction of dislocation is associate with impaction fracture of femoral head?
Anterior
. . . with transchondral fracture?
Posterior
. . . with the highest rate of ostionecrosis?
Anterior
. . . with acetabular fracture?
Posterior
After reducing a traumatically dislocated hip, what are the next two steps?
Assess stability clinically
Obtain computed tomography (CT) scan
After reduction, if the hip is stable without fracture, what is the treatment? What is the principal complication?
Protected weight bearing for 2 to 4 weeks
AVN is most common complication
What is the most common complication of traumatic fracture-dislocation of the hip?
Post traumatic osteoarthritis