Traumatic dislocation of hip in children is a rare entity complications like avascular necrosis of femoral head, accounting for less than 5% of pediatric dislocation and redislocation, heterotopic ossification and chondrolysis

Case History associated with poor outcome because as the time interval between dislocation and reduction increases, incidence of Traumatic dislocation of hip in children is a rare entity complications like avascular necrosis of femoral head, accounting for less than 5% of pediatric dislocation and redislocation, heterotopic ossification and chondrolysis neglected post traumatic dislocation of hip is much more [3]. There have been very few cases of post-traumatic rare [1,2]. Of them posterior dislocation of hip is more neglected posterior dislocation of hip [4] (Table 1). common than anterior[1,2]. The character of injury tends Heterotopic ossification in neglected post traumatic to vary, in that children under the age of 6 years suffer posterior dislocation in children is known but devastating isolated hip dislocation due to low energy trauma, whereas and a very rare occurrence [4].We report one such case older children require high energy trauma[1,2]. Most of the dislocation of hip in children can be reduced easily but delay in reduction of hip of more than 6 hours are A 5 year female child resident of a village in Uttar Pradesh CASE REPORT Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports 2012 Oct-Dec;2(4):14-18