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THIRTY-NINTH REPORT OF PROGRESS IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
PHILIP D. WILSON, M.D.;
LLOYD T. BROWN, M.D.;
M. N. SMITH-PETERSEN, M.D.;
RALPH GHORMLEY, M.D.;
JOHN KUHNS, M.D.;
EDWARD CAVE, M.D.;
MURRAY S. DANFORTH, M.D.;
GEORGE PERKINS;
ARTHUR VAN DESSEL, M.D.
Arch Surg. 1929;19(4):752-770.
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CONGENITAL DEFORMITIES
Congenital Dislocation of the Hip.
—MacAusland1 reviewed the history of the operative treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip. According to him, the patients who should receive operative treatment are: (1) children from 4 to 8 years of age, in whom one or two closed manipulations have failed; (2) children over 8 years of age, and (3) adults with marked deformity or arthritic symptoms. The choice of operation depends on the existing deformity and to some extent on the age of the patient. Simple replacement of the head into the acetabulum, or some form of reconstruction operation with or without the formation of a shelf, or arthrodesis are the procedures one has at one's disposal. The author describes in detail his operative technic and the postoperative care of the patient.
NUTRITIONAL DISTURBANCES
Activated Ergosterol.
—An editorial in The Journal of the American Medical Association2 says that
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Author Affiliations
BOSTON; PROVIDENCE, R. I.; LONDON, ENGLAND; LOUVAIN, BELGIUM
Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Sept. 12, 1929.
This Report of Progress is based on a review of 238 articles selected from 390 titles dealing with orthopedic surgery appearing in medical literature between Feb. 15, 1929, and June 1, 1929. Only those papers which seem to represent progress have been selected for note and comment.
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