1/6. Clinical and radiographic outcome of patients treated with double innominate osteotomy for congenital hip dysplasia.In this study, 21 patients who had undergone double innominate osteotomy for congenital hip dysplasia (CDH) were studied to determine if significant improvements in clinical and radiographic indexes were present at follow-up. Quantitative data reflecting functional status, pain level, and range of motion were obtained and analyzed statistically, as were standardized measurements from preoperative and postoperative radiographs. Statistically significant improvements at follow-up were observed in pain level, functional status, acetabular index, center-edge angle, and relative lateral displacement. Significant correlations were found between the postoperative functional score and several clinical indexes, but none were found between radiographic indexes and the final functional score.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = motion (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/6. One-stage surgical procedure for congenital dislocation of the hip in older children. Long-term results.The one-stage procedure described in this article, which has been used in children older than three years of age, is the method of choice in the treatment of late-diagnosed congenital dislocation of the hip. The present authors and their patients have been more than satisfied with the results of this procedure. With femoral shortening as the fundamental step, this method can be applied in high dislocations, as well as in cases of subluxation in which a pelvic osteotomy is indicated, to restore the depth of the acetabulum and to prevent undue pressure on the femoral head, which is the main cause of avascular necrosis, joint stiffness, and failures. Evaluation of the results is confusing but should rely on resistance of the hip in daily function, clinical appearance, range of hip motion, and the patient's opinion. Roentgenologic evaluation seems to be even more difficult, because numerous parameters need to be taken into consideration and correlated with the preoperative appearance of the hip. Certainly, it is reasonable to expect the majority of patients to develop osteoarthritic changes eventually, but nearly all patients can live a normal or satisfactory life for a number of years. The present authors are convinced that many patients will remain symptom-free for a long period.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = motion (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/6. A combination pelvic osteotomy for acetabular dysplasia in children.Several surgical procedures have been devised to increase acetabular coverage of the femoral head in children with dysplasia of the hip. In this report we describe an acetabuloplasty that combines the key aspects of the Pemberton and Salter osteotomies. It has been used at the los angeles Unit of the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children since the late 1960's. To assess the results of this combination procedure, fifty hips in forty-four children were evaluated at an average of six years postoperatively. The average age at operation was 7.3 years, and 62 per cent of the patients had had prior surgery. Clinically, thirty-two hips in which there had been no or slight symptoms preoperatively remained unchanged, twelve that had had preoperative limitations improved, and six showed some deterioration in terms of slight loss of motion, mild pain, and a limp. Roentgenographically, acetabular dysplasia (as measured by the acetabular index and by the center-edge angle of Wiberg) improved in more than 90 per cent of the hips. The roentgenographic results were comparable with those obtained by innominate or pericapsular osteotomy. The combination osteotomy has the advantages of both the Pemberton procedure and the Salter operation and proved to be an excellent surgical procedure for older children whose acetabular development did not progress as well as was expected.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = motion (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/6. A roentgen stereophotogrammetric investigation of innominate osteotomy (Salter).The effect of the innominate osteotomy according to Salter was investigated by a roentgen stereophotogrammetric method in a 17-year-old girl with hip dysplasia as a part of the tricho-rhino-phalangeal (Giedion) syndrome. The osteotomy resulted in a total rotation of 32 degrees about an axis passing cranially to the pubic symphysis and the osteotomy. The acetabulum rotated 22 degrees forwards about a transverse axis, 9 degrees laterally about a longitudinal axis and 24 degrees laterally about a sagittal axis. The acetabulum was translated 2 mm laterally along a transverse axis, 21 mm caudally along a longitudinal axis and 19 mm dorsally along a sagittal axis. The position of the screw axis indicates that some motion also took place in one or both of the sacroiliac joints. The correction as measured with the CE-angle was 25 degrees which was almost the same as the correction about the sagittal axis. It is, however, noted that the CE-angle was also dependent upon the rotations about the transverse and longitudinal axes.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = motion (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/6. Rotational acetabular osteotomy for the dysplastic hip.A circumacetabular osteotomy of the acetabulum was initially done at the University of tokyo Hospital by one of us (H. T.) in 1968. This procedure, which rotates the acetabulum, was designed to correct a dysplastic acetabulum in adolescents and adults. The surgical exposure combines both an anterior and a posterior approach. Between 1974 and 1982 this operation was performed on 103 patients (120 hips) with acetabular dysplasia, some showing early degenerative arthritis. The forty-five hips (forty-one patients) that form the basis of this report were followed for three years to eight years and ten months (average, four years and six months). Thirty hips showed only acetabular dysplasia, and fifteen were in the early stage of degenerative arthritis. The ages of the patients at the time of operation ranged from eleven to forty-two years, the majority being in the second or third decade of life. All of the forty-five hips had a preoperative center-edge angle of 10 degrees or less, but most of them had a nearly normal value after surgery. In the majority of the hips either limp or pain with exertion, or both, had disappeared, and a satisfactory range of motion had been restored.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = motion (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/6. Bipolar hip arthroplasty without acetabular bone-grafting for dysplastic osteoarthritis. Results after 6-9 years.The authors report the clinical and radiographic results of 36 bipolar hip arthroplasties after performing excavation of the steep and shallow acetabulum without acetabular bone-grafting for dysplastic osteoarthritis. The procedures were carried out between 1981 and 1985. Survivorship analysis showed that 84.6 of the bipolar hip arthroplasties were retained for 8 years. Twenty-nine patients, which were followed for 6-9 years after surgery, were reviewed. Severity of acetabular dysplasia was classified according to the method of Crowe. Class 1 included 17 hips and class 2 included 12 hips. The average preoperative clinical score was 49 points. The average postoperative clinical hip score improved to 87 points after 6 years. Twenty-seven of the 29 hips assessed were classified as either excellent or good by Charnley's function score. Stress fracture, due to excessive acetabular excavation at the time of surgery, and femoral component loosening were major symptomatic complications. The cessation of radiographic evidence of migration of the bipolar socket was recognized in 25 of 29 procedures at 6 years after surgery (86.2%). Cineradiographic study demonstrated that the abduction motion under standing position for 20 of 24 hip joints functioned dominantly at the inner-bearing and metallic-stem interface.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = motion (Clic here for more details about this article) |