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12089499

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-28
pubmed:abstractText
Varus femoral osteotomy is a commonly employed surgical method of effecting containment in the management of Perthes' disease. This can be achieved by performing either an opening lateral wedge or a closing medial wedge osteotomy. The effects of these two techniques on the biomechanical interrelationships about the involved hip were compared using a three-dimensional computer simulation. Both procedures lead to femoral shortening and reduce the moment capacity of the hip abductors. The shortening effect and consequent leg length discrepancy are greater for the closing wedge osteotomy than for the opening wedge procedure. Pelvic obliquity compensation, likely to be greater for a closing wedge osteotomy, provides a beneficial increase in femoral head coverage but at the cost of a further reduction in the hip abductor moment capacity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1060-152X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
229-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
A comparison of the biomechanical effects of opening and closing wedge varus osteotomies in Perthes' disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital, Oswestry, Shropshire, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study