THE RAPID TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL HIP-MISPLACEMENT.

Case of Congenital Misplacement of the Intestines

some time longer. The young lady had only entered upon the eighth month of her gestation, consequently, even if labour should commence, it would be considered as premature. Under such circumstances, without considering it worth my while to wait any longer in the house, I gave a dose of laudanum to my patient to keep her quiet during the night and left her, promising to call again next morning. ...

INCIDENCE OF CONGENITAL DISLOCATION THE HIP IN SHIRAZ

During an eight month prospective study, 8240 newborns were examined for detection of congenital dislocation of the hip from Oct. 23, 1991 to June 22, 1992. On fIrst examination we found 1302 neonates (158/1000 live births) to have abnormal hips 1063 (81.6%) were prone to subluxation (subluxatable), 218 (16.81 %) prone to dislocation (dislocatable), 17 (1.3%) were dislocated and 4 (0.3%) w...

Acetabuloplasty in the treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip.

The results in 102 acetabuloplasties have been assessed in eighty-six patients, with a minimum follow-up of five years. Clinical and radiological assessment was carried out according to a score system very similar to that used in previous studies, and the results were expressed as excellent, good, fair and poor according to the score obtained. Any hip requiring further stabilising procedures wa...

CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF THE HIP The Results of Conservative Treatment

The aim of this study is to assess the early results of conservative treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip and to draw attention to the factors that influence the results. Recently some authorities have suggested that conservative treatment will be abandoned, because it has failed to produce the required results, and that it will be replaced by routine operative treatment (Trevor 1957,...

Results of treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip.