title: Hip stabilization in severely involved cerebral palsy patients.
abstract: Thirty-two patients (48 hips) with total body involved cerebral palsy (CP) underwent medial release and proximal femoral osteotomy for hip subluxation or dislocation. Twenty-eight hips were rated good, 15 were rated fair, and five were rated poor at follow-up. The better located the hip preoperatively and the better the reduction obtained at operation, the better the final result. The major factor that correlated with a good result was early operation, performed before significant deformity had occurred.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City 26901.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Herndon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bolano
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies