Pipkin classification
Trauma and orthopaedics
Also known as: Pipkin-Klassifikation (Hüftkopffraktur) · Pipkin sınıflaması (femur başı kırığı) · Pipkin classification (femoral head fractures)
What it is for
Classifies femoral head fractures that occur with hip dislocation, by the position of the fragment relative to the fovea capitis and associated fractures.
Classification
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Type I | head fracture below (caudal to) the fovea capitis, outside the weight-bearing area. |
| Type II | head fracture extending above (cranial to) the fovea, involving the weight-bearing area. |
| Type III | type I or II plus a femoral neck fracture. |
| Type IV | type I or II plus an acetabular (usually posterior wall) fracture. |
Source
Treatment of grade IV fracture-dislocation of the hip
J Bone Joint Surg Am 1957;39-A:1027–1042 (Pipkin G)
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-195739050-00004
PMID: 13475403
- Edition
- Pipkin 1957 (subdivision of Stewart-Milford grade IV hip fracture-dislocations)
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