Obturator dislocation of the hip is caused by high-velocity accidents as evidenced by its frequent\nassociation with other traumatic injuries and, seldom found. Its main complication remains\nfemoral head avascular necrosis. We report on four cases of obturator dislocation of the hip. The\nmean age of patients was 30 years, and all their injuries followed a road traffic accident. Associated\nlesions were a contralateral femur fracture in two cases and an osteochondral fracture in one case.\nReduction of dislocations was achieved orthopedically under general anaesthesia and the average\nwaiting time before reduction was 20 hours. One patient had an intra-articular incarcerated fragment\nvisible on X-ray, and another patient showed signs of early coxarthrosis 15 months later. The\naverage follow-up time was 24 months.
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