title: Ludloff's open reduction of the hip: long-term results.
abstract: Long-term results of Ludloff's open reduction of the hip were studied in 62 joints of 56 children with an average follow-up of 11 years (range 5-18 years). Results were considered good in 76% and poor in 24%. A decisive factor in assessing long-term results was a proper centric reduction of the femoral head. The most frequent obstacles to proper reduction were a shortened inferomedial part of a joint capsule with the transverse ligament pulled into the joint cavity (14%), joint capsule contracture (100%), and an inverted limbus (92%), which was accompanied in 17% of patients by an impression of reflected head of the rectus femoris. Earlier nonoperative treatment affected the success of the reduction as well as long-term results.
authors.affiliation: First Orthopaedic Clinic, Medical Faculty of Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sosna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rejholec
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods*