Indications and tactics of operative treatment of patients with congenital dislocation of the femur

Abstract

The problem of the treatment of congenital dislocation of the femur is actual currently. The main attention of the orthopedists is paid to the correction of deformation elements of proximal part of the femur and cotyloid cavity tectum. The paper is concerned with the tactics of operative treatment of children with congenital dislocation of the femur depending on the form of the disease and age of patients. Some methods of the treatment are developed on the basis of the recovery of right biomechanics of paraarticular muscles and joint elements. These methods are the basis of the suggested approach to the treatment of pathology. The efficacy of the treatment is confirmed by a large number of observations and twenty years of the treatment of congenital dislocation of the femur in children.