7 patients sustained a dislocation of the hip at a median of 24 (2–92) days after surgery.
This yielded 89 consecutive patients with a sustained knee dislocation who were treated surgically between January 1980 and August 2006.
Participants living in Melbourne (p = .03), employed as professionals (p < .001), earning more than $50,000 (p = .003), sustained a dislocation (p = .001) were more likely to have RTW.
The authors report on 2 patients who sustained naviculocuneiform dislocations and intercuneiform diastasis, and who were treated with immediate arthrodesis of the midfoot complex.
The primary outcome measure, the proportion of patients sustaining a dislocation of their arthroplasty within one year of the index fracture, will be analysed using a chi-squared test for differences between standard THR (control) and THR-DM (test) on an intention-to-treat basis.
On March 22, Joba Chamberlain sustained an open dislocation of his right ankle while jumping on trampolines with his son.
Aardsma and Joba Chamberlain, who sustained an open dislocation of his ankle in March, are two relievers who could potentially bolster the bullpen later this season.
The 26-year-old Chamberlain, once viewed as the heir apparent to Mariano Rivera, sustained an open dislocation of his right ankle, with the bone protruding through the skin and causing loss of blood, Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman said.
Chamberlain, while jumping on a bed of trampolines with his son last Thursday at a center near Tampa, sustained an open dislocation of the subtalar joint in his right ankle, an injury that is expected to heal within two months.
Cashman said Friday morning that Chamberlain, who had been rehabbing from elbow surgery, was playing with his kindergarten-age son at a children's play facility in Tampa and sustained an open dislocation of his right ankle, with the bone protruding through the skin.
