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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
123
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
The young (under 50) patient with symptomatic osteoarthrosis of the hip from congenital hip dysplasia presents a difficult therapeutic problem. Although total hip replacement can be successful in such cases, the uncertaintly of a long-term result makes an alternative treatment attractive. A series of 15 patients with 17 involved hips were subjected to a carefully planned and executed valgus osteotomy combined with a selective muscle lengthening about the hip. Five years or more after this procedure 14 of the 17 hips of these patients were pain free. The other three hips caused mild pain only after exertion. No patient at final follow-up required external support. Sixteen of the 17 hips showed significant radiological regression of the osteoarthrosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0009-921X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
138-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-3-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Osteotomy as an alternative to total hip replacement in young adults.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article