Acute isolated acetabular fracture following a game of squash: a case report.

J Med Case Rep

Specialist Registrar, Trauma and Orthopaedics, St George's Hospital, London, UK.

Published: November 2007

Although hip injuries do not account a large amount of the Sports Physician's workload they can result in significant morbidity. We present a case where an acetabular fracture was sustained in a relatively young female while playing squash without any history of fall or injury but was treated successfully non-operatively. Such patients who present with acute hip pain must not be dismissed as simply having a soft tissue injury.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2213672PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-156DOI Listing

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