Fractures Around the Hip in Athletes

Abstract

A wide spectrum of bony injury around the hip and pelvis may occur in athletes. These injuries vary from subtle avulsions that may require appropriate diagnosis and conservative management only to joint threatening injuries requiring emergent orthopaedic treatment. This review attempts to provide a general guide to these injuries in respect to athletes focusing on published evidence. For the purpose of this review we have divided theses fractures into four groups: 1. Acute femoral neck/acetabular fractures 2. Hip subluxation and dislocation 3. Stress fractures 4. Avulsion fractures