Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2015
ReviewRocket launcher: A novel reduction technique for posterior hip dislocations and review of current literature.
We provide a review of literature on reduction techniques for posterior hip dislocations and present our experience with a novel technique for the reduction of acute posterior hip dislocations in the ED, 'the rocket launcher' technique. ⋯ We have described a reduction technique for posterior hip dislocations. Placing the patient's knee over the shoulder, and holding the lower leg like a 'Rocket Launcher' allow the physician's shoulder to work as a fulcrum, thus mechanically and ergonomically superior to standard techniques.