[arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita].

Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (amyoplasia congenita) is an infrequent cause of’ severe crippling. Although it is often possible to alleviate tile grave disability which it cOtllrflOtlly causes, its rarity impedes the accumulation of enough clinical experience to establish guiditig principles and indications for surgical treatment. We have been able to examine fifty-two patients with this disorder who attended the Hospital for Sick Children between 1955 and 1968. Of these, thirty-nine have been treated by one of us. The others were seen personally in consultation. We will discuss some features of the disease, speculate upon etiology and diagnostic criteria, and make certain observations upon management with particular reference to the indications for, and techniques of, surgical