Pelvic displacement osteotomy for chronic hip dislocation in myelodysplasia.

Abstract

Twelve children with lumbar-level myelodysplasia (average age, eight and three-quarter years) underwent twenty-one pelvic displacement osteotomies for subluxated or dislocated hips. Nineteen of the twenty-one hips remained reduced on three-year follow-up. Gains in gait pattern, ease of bracing, and reduced pelvic obliquity were noted. Active function about the hips was not improved, nor was there a decrease in the amount of bracing needed following the osteotomy. Pelvic displacement osteotomy can be utilized in selected cases as part of the over-all management of chronic hip dislocation in myelodysplasia.

• Authors: S T Canale, N L Hammond 3rd, J M Cotler, H E Snedden
• Journal: The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume (J Bone Joint Surg Am) Vol. 57 Issue 2 Pg. 177-83 (Mar 1975) ISSN: 0021-9355 [Print] United States
• PMID: 1089669 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Braces
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Chronic Disease
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Gait
• Hip Dislocation (diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
• Humans
• Ilium (surgery)
• Male
• Muscles (surgery)
• Osteotomy (methods)
• Pelvic Bones (diagnostic imaging)
• Postoperative Care
• Preoperative Care
• Radiography
• Spinal Dysraphism (complications)