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Traumatic dislocation of the hip is a serious lesion, and its obturator variety is rarely reported. It always reflects a high-energy trauma and represents a therapeutic emergency that requires a reduction in less than 6 h due to the risk of aseptic necrosis of the femoral head in the long term.We reported 2 cases of hip obturator dislocation in patients aged 21 and 45 years respectively, which occurred following a road accident, received for pain and functional impairment of the hip, and in a typical attitude with hip flexion, abduction, rotation and knee flexion with no downstream limb vascular-nervous injury. The emergency reduction in6 h, in two cases, followed by functional treatment by offloading for 8 weeks and support of the limb with the resumption of walking had been authorized at 3 months with a return to sport at 16 weeks; made it possible to obtain satisfactory results at 18 months of follow-up, with an absence of a functional gene, stiffness and without signs of necrosis of the femoral head.Traumatic obturator dislocation of the hip constitutes serious lesions and requires early and appropriate management, reduced to closed focus, treated functionally give excellent results in the medium term. The patient must be carefully monitored over the long term and be warned of the risks he runs.

Traumatic rupture of the quadricipital tendon is rare and disabling. The traditional repair technique involving transpatellar tunnels is still relevant, but this technique seems to be superseded for the technique using anchors. This study aimed to present the place of the anchors in quadriceps tendon tears, and assess the functional results after a means follow-up of 18.66 months.We report 03 cases of acute rupture of the quadricipital tendon collected in the Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics Department. The average age was 53.66 years, all patients were male, the rupture occurred after a sporting accident in one case, and in 2 cases concerning minimal trauma from a fall in 2 patients followed for renal failure. The average consultation time was 48 h. The right knee was affected in 2. The clinical presentation was identical in all patients with the deficit of active extension of the leg. All patients were treated surgically with the use of double row anchors. The technique used consisted of insertion of two 5.0 mm anchors at the base of the patella, and the proximal part of the quadricipital tendon was sutured with heavy absorbable sutures using Krakow suture.At a mean follow-up of 18.66 months, no infectious complications were noted, no active extension deficit and the active flexion average was 123.33°.The rupture of the quadricipital tendon is a rare injury. Surgical treatment by double row anchors gives excellent results with a satisfactory medium-term functional recovery and allow early rehabilitation.