Abduction splinting of the hip joints in myelodysplastic infants.
Myelodysplastic infants with midlumbar levels of paralysis were treated with abduction hip splinting until age two. The goals of treatment were prevention of secondary adaptive acetabular changes and decrease in the number and complexity of reconstructive hip surgeries before age three. The splinted group had hip stability of greater than 90% and a sharp decrease in femoral and pelvic osteotomies. An unsplinted control group had poor results.
Newington Children's Hospital, Connecticut 06111.
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D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005269:Femur / Q000601:surgery; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000628:therapy*; D010027:Osteotomy; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000601:surgery; D013165:Splints; D013709:Tendon Transfer