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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty myelomeningocele patients with untreated hip dislocations who had functional quadriceps and good ambulatory capability were evaluated for hip pain, hip motion and sitting ability: they had no pain, good to excellent hip motion and no difficulty in sitting. Three were wheelchair-bound. Nine had a limb-length inequality requiring a shoe lift. They were compared with a similar series of 11 patients who underwent open reduction of a dislocated hip with a two-year follow-up. Two patients in this group had improved and three had worse sitting balance. Serious perioperative complications occurred in six patients. The authors conclude that surgical reduction of paralytic hip dislocations in ambulatory myelomeningocele patients is costly and offers little obvious benefit.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0012-1622
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
491-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment versus non-treatment of hip dislocations in ambulatory patients with myelomeningocele.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article