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JOHN G. KUHNS, M.D.; EDWIN F. CAVE, M.D.; SUMNER M. ROBERTS, M.D.; JOSEPH S. BARR, M.D.; ROBERT J. JOPLIN, M.D.; JOSEPH A. FREIBERG, M.D.; JOSEPH E. MILGRAM, M.D.; ROBERT I. STIRLING, F.R.C.S. (Edin.)

Arch Surg. 1937;35(3):603-620.

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CONGENITAL DEFORMITIES

Congenital Dislocation of the Hip.

—Van Gorder¹ reviews the end-results in 58 cases of dislocation of the hip (73 hips) in which treatment was given at the Massachusetts General Hospital during the period from 1923 to 1933. Sixteen of the hips were treated by closed reduction. The results in 10, or 62 per cent, were rated as excellent; i. e., there were a negative Trendelenburg sign, normal motion and no limp, shortening or atrophy. The results in 4, or 25 per cent, were rated as good; i. e., there were a slight limp, a positive Trendelenburg sign, excellent function and no disability. The results in 2, or 12.5 per cent, were rated as fair. Fifteen hips were treated by open reduction. The results in 1 were rated as excellent and in 3 as poor. Bony ankylosis occurred in 2, and a stripping of all structures from the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BOSTON; CINCINNATI; NEW YORK; EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

Footnotes
This report of progress is obtained from a review of 144 papers selected from 296 titles relating to orthopedic surgery and appearing in the medical literature approximately between Nov. 1, 1936, and March 1, 1937. Only those which indicated progress were selected for review.

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