femoral head

Goal of Treatment

Prompt reduction of the femoral head.
Types of reduction: This is either closed or open.
Thompson Epstein believed that closed reduction
should be reserved for simple hip dislocations and
open reduction for hip dislocations, while majority
of the authors believe that closed reduction should
be tried initially in all cases of simple and fracture
dislocation and open reduction shoulder be reserved
for the patients in whom;
• Closed reduction fails.
• Reduction is unstable.
• After reduction, if there are trapped fracture
fragments within the joint.