[Registration under the diagnosis of traumatic hip luxation in the national registry]

A national study of patients treated on account of traumatic dislocation of the hip in Denmark in 1989 and 1990 revealed that 755 cases had been registered under this diagnosis in the National Patient Register. A review of case reports from 71 departments with 755 registered identity numbers in the National Patient Register demonstrated that 121 patients had been treated for traumatic dislocation of the hip during the same period, and that seven of these had not been registered via the National Patient Register. The remaining 605 patients (80%) had either sustained dislocation of a hip prosthesis or had congenital dislocation of the hip. It is concluded that the Danish National Register, in its present form is of no value whatsoever in registration of traumatic dislocation of the hip nor congenital dislocation of the hip or dislocation of a total hip prosthesis.