TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Hip Joint Dislocation Reduction A1 - Gottlieb, Michael A2 - Reichman, Eric F. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - Hip dislocations are true orthopedic emergencies that the Emergency Physician must be capable of reducing. Neurovascular damage to the hip and leg is a known consequence of hip dislocations. Avascular necrosis (AVN) may occur in up to 20% of patients with a hip dislocation, with some studies showing that AVN following a hip dislocation occurs in a time-dependent fashion. In other words, the longer a hip is dislocated, the higher the incidence of AVN.1 Dislocation for more than 6 hours almost universally results in AVN.2-4 A hip dislocation can be diagnosed clinically with the help of radiologic studies.5 The advantages of plain films and computed tomography (CT) scans, over the use of ultrasonography, are to identify associated fractures. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/24 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159801758 ER -