TY - JOUR
T1 - Subluxation of the femoral head in coxa plana
AU - Richards, B. S.
AU - Coleman, S. S.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - Twenty-two patients who had severe coxa plana had closed reduction for lateral subluxation of the femoral head, as determined radiographically. All had painful limitation of motion of the hip that prevented proper positioning of the femoral head using a brace. The average age when the patients were first seen was eight years and six months. General anesthesia was required in order to obtain the reduction, and percutaneous tenotomy of the adductor longus was done whenever necessary. After the reduction, a Petrie cast was worn for several months. The length of follow-up averaged three years and eight months (range, two years to six years and eight months). Radiographic evaluation at the time of the last follow-up showed nine hips to be spherically congruent, twelve to be aspherically congruent, and one to be incongruent. Thus, in 95 per cent of the hips, a congruent joint was obtained using this method of treatment. These results strongly support the concept that all treatment should be directed at containing the femoral head within the acetabulum during the clinically active phase of coxa plana.
AB - Twenty-two patients who had severe coxa plana had closed reduction for lateral subluxation of the femoral head, as determined radiographically. All had painful limitation of motion of the hip that prevented proper positioning of the femoral head using a brace. The average age when the patients were first seen was eight years and six months. General anesthesia was required in order to obtain the reduction, and percutaneous tenotomy of the adductor longus was done whenever necessary. After the reduction, a Petrie cast was worn for several months. The length of follow-up averaged three years and eight months (range, two years to six years and eight months). Radiographic evaluation at the time of the last follow-up showed nine hips to be spherically congruent, twelve to be aspherically congruent, and one to be incongruent. Thus, in 95 per cent of the hips, a congruent joint was obtained using this method of treatment. These results strongly support the concept that all treatment should be directed at containing the femoral head within the acetabulum during the clinically active phase of coxa plana.
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U2 - 10.2106/00004623-198769090-00002
DO - 10.2106/00004623-198769090-00002
M3 - Article
C2 - 3440790
AN - SCOPUS:0023550208
SN - 0021-9355
VL - 69
SP - 1312
EP - 1318
JO - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A
JF - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A
IS - 9
ER -