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'Floating pelvis'. A combination of bilateral hip dislocation with a lumbar ligamentous disruption
R G Levine1, C P Kauffman, M C Reilly
1Department of Orthopaedics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103, USA.
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume
|April 16, 1999
Abstract:
A patient is described with a ligamentous disruption at the L4/L5 level in association with bilateral, traumatic dislocations of the hip. The diagnostic evaluation, acute intervention, and definitive stabilisation are reported. The unstable spine posed a problem in treatment with regard to the timing and technique of the reduction of the hips.