Pipkin fracture is defined as
Correct Answer: Head of femur fracture
Description: Pipkin fracture is defined as head of femur fracture. * pipkin types ( dislocation of hip with fracture of femoral head) type 1 : femoral dislocation of the hip with fracture of femoral head caudad to fovea centralis type 2: posterior dislocation of the hip with fracture of the femoral head cephalad to the fovea centralis type 3: type 1 & type2 with associated fracture of femoral neck type 4 : type1,2,3 with associated fracture of acetabulum Ref: Textbook of Ohopaedics, John Ebenezer, 6th edition, page no 214
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