title: Arthrodesis of the hip with osteotomy and fixation with angled plate and transarticular screws. (Indications and limitations).
abstract: The writers describe their technique of arthrodesis with two transarticular screws and displacement osteotomy, fixed by means of Ruggieri & Salvagni's angled plate. This method is indicated in painful, rigid unilateral arthrosis of the hip in middle-aged subjects who are still active and working. The angled plate enables the diaphysis to be displaced medially, thus shifting the weight bearing axis; it also corrects any axial deviations of the femoral shaft and encourages rapid consolidation of the osteotomy and the arthrodesis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000379:methods*; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D006615:Hip / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*