Pipkin fracture is defined as: (A) Head of radius fracture, (B) Head of femur fracture, (C) Fracture dislocation of ankle, (D) Fracture neck of femur
Answer is B. Pipkin fracture is defined as head of femur fracture. * pipkin types ( dislocation of hip with fracture of femoral head) type 1 : femoral dislocation of the hip with fracture of femoral head caudad to fovea centralis type 2: posterior dislocation of the hip with fracture of the femoral head cephalad to the fovea centralis type 3: type 1 & type2 with associated fracture of femoral neck type 4 : type1,2,3 with associated fracture of acetabulum Ref: Textbook of Ohopaedics, John Ebenezer, 6th edition, page no 214