Management of Pipkin Fractures Using a Safe Surgical Hip Dislocation

Table 1

Pipkin classification of femoral head fractures.

Type I	Fracture of the femoral head caudad to the fovea capitis femoris
Type II	Fracture of the femoral head cephalad to the fovea capitis femoris
Type III	Type I or II injury associated with fracture of the femoral neck
Type IV	Type I or II injury associated with fracture of the acetabular rim