dc.contributor.author | Sore, Peter A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-22T16:28:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-22T16:28:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Degree Of Master Of Medicine In Surgery | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/64205 | |
dc.description | A Dissertation Submitted In Part Fulfilment For The
Degree Of Master Of Medicine In Surgery Of The
University Of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This study was done in two parts.
Part I is a retrospective study from Jan 1995 to December 1999 of patients who were
admitted in Kenyatta National Hospital with traumatic posterior dislocation of the hip.
89 patients were studied. It was found that young adults between ages 21 - 30 were the
most commonly injured. Majority of the injured were males (74 or 83%). 69 patients
(77.5%) sustained posterior dislocation following road traffic accidents. Majority of the
patients presented to hospital within Y2 hr - 6 hrs and closed reduction was the most
common method of treatment.The standard radiographs were the only method of
imagmg.
There was no follow-up in the majority of patients (70 or 78.7%) and most of them (72 or
80.9%) had no complications. •
Part 11- This was a prospective study of 9 patients who sustained traumatic
posterior dislocation of the hip. One patient died of diabetic complications during the
study. Male to female ratio was 8: 1 and 5 (55.6%) were in the age group 21 - 30 yrs.
Road traffic accident accounted for the majority (7 or 77.8%) of those injured. 5 (55.6%)
had associated injuries and majority (8 or 88.9%) were treated by closed methods. 7
(77.8%) had no complications. Only one had post traumatic osteoarthritis. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.title | A five year retrospective study and a six months prospective study of traumatic posterior dislocation of the hip. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |