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Table 1 Pipkin classification

From: What’s in a name? Lower extremity fracture eponyms (Part 2)

Type I

Inferior to the fovea capitis femoris

Type II

Superior to the fovea capitis femoris

Type III

Type I or type II with associated femoral neck fracture

Type IV

Type I or type II with associated acetabular rim fracture