Posterior dislocation of hip is characterized by DELETE
Correct Answer: Marked shoening of limb
Description: In posterior dislocation, if hip there is history of trauma & patient has a flexion, adduction & medial rotation deformity of the affected limb.There is marked shoening & gross restriction of movements of the hip Head of the femur is felt as a hard mass in the gluteal region & it moves along with the femur. There could be features of sciatic nerve palsy. *it is difficult to feel the femoral pulse ( vascular sign of Narath is negative) Ref: Textbook of Ohopaedics, John Ebenezer, 5th edition, page no 214
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