OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a series of cases of traumatic posterior dislocations in children, the treatment and the results, and to revise aspects such as the epidemiology, clinical and radiographic diagnosis, treatment, complications and prognosis. METHODS: Five patients with traumatic hip dislocation, with an average age of 4.6 ± 0.9 years, and an ongoing follow-up period of 19.8 ± 7.0 months, were evaluated retrospectively. The time between dislocation and reduction, the type of treatment, associated injuries, and subsequent complications were also evaluated. RESULTS: The initial treatment was closed reduction, in an average time of 5.2 ± 3.6 hours after the initial trauma, in which the patients were subjected to the reduction under anesthesia. Complementary treatment included immobilization with casts and traction. No needs for additional surgeries or long-term side effects were observed. CONCLUSION: Traumatic dislocation of the hip should be treated by quick closed reduction, with appropriate control of the reduction and careful observation of the patient for diagnosis and treatment of subsequent complications.
Hip dislocation; Hip dislocation; Hip dislocation; Hip dislocation; Child
