Gökhan ÖZKAZANLI, Özgür KARAMAN, Kubilay BENG, HASAN HİLMİ MURATLI

Recurrent anterior hip dislocation in a patient with myasthenia gravis: a case report

Traumatic anterior hip dislocation is a rare condition compared to posterior dislocation and recurrent anterior hip dislocation is encountered even less. Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuro- muscular disease characterized by various degrees of muscle weakness. Closed reduction is the first choice of treatment for traumatic, non-recurring hip dislocation. We report a 59-year-old female with myasthenia gravis who underwent surgical intervention for recurrent anterior hip dislocation after fail- ure of closed reduction. To our knowledge, this is the first case with recurrent anterior hip dislocation and myasthenia gravis in the literature

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