The Altdorf hip clamp.
Forty-one osteotomies internally fixed with the Altdorf hip clamp were reviewed at Nemours Children's Hospital (Jacksonville, FL). They were divided according to pathology: cerebral palsy, 19 patients; congenital dislocated hip, 2 patients; Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, 8 patients; and other, 2 patients. There were 15 boys and 18 girls, with an average age of 6.9 years (range 2.6-12 years). No intraoperative complications have been reported. Long-term complications are as follows: nonunion, one patient; superficial wound infection, one patient; and loss of position of greater than 15 degrees, two patients.
D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006615:Hip / Q000601:surgery*; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007873:Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies