Clinical Outcome of Floating Hip with Irreducible Hip Dislocation and Distal Third Femur Fracture with Intra-Articular Extension: A Rare Case Report.

Introduction: Floating hip with hip dislocation is a very high-energy, devastating, and rare injury whose treatment is very challenging, and the outcome is usually poor.
Case Report: A 35-year-old man presented posterior wall fracture acetabulum and dislocation of the hip with ipsilateral distal third shaft femur fracture with intra-articular extension fracture and un-displaced patella fracture. We achieved a reduction of hip dislocation by a knee-spanning external fixator followed by open reduction and internal fixation with anatomical locking plate for distal third femur fracture with intra-articular extension followed by open reduction and internal fixation for posterior wall of acetabulum with recon plate in Kocher-Langenbeck approach in stages. The patient was able to partial weight bear after 12 weeks of the injury and mobilized independently without any support after 5 months.
Conclusion: Floating hip with hip dislocation is difficult to manage but reducing the hip dislocation with knee spanning external fixator and management in stages will reduce the complications and better outcome.
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