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case_images: Figure and radiograph showing an open anterior hip dislocation.
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case_images: The patient was in a state of shock with an open right-sided anterior hip dislocation with the femoral head being visible in the inguinal region (Fig. 1). Immediate resuscitation was done and hip radiographs (Fig. 1) were taken, which showed an anterior-inferior dislocation with an inferior pubic ramus fracture on the left side.
case_images: Immediate post-operative radiograph showing the reduction.
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case_images: The patient was immediately transferred to the operating room where the wound was thoroughly debrided and the femoral head was relocated within 5 hours of sustaining the trauma (Fig. 2).
case_images: Plain radiographs at 6 months showing the reduction.
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case_images: The wound healed satisfactorily with no evidence of infection, nor any episode of re-dislocation at 6 months (Fig. 3).