Dislocation of the hip
A dislocation is an injury in which a bone is displaced from its proper position in a joint. Unless there are accompanying fractures or tissue damage, a simple dislocation may be manipulated back into place. Recovery may include immobilizing the area where dislocation occurred.
Review Date: 12/22/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief; Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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