title: Long-term results of valgus osteotomy for congenital coxa vara.
abstract: Twenty hips (12 patients) with congenital coxa vara, treated with valgus subtrochanteric osteotomy, were reviewed retrospectively. The average Hilgenreiner-epiphyseal (HE) and head-shaft (HS) angles at the initial evaluation were 66 degrees and 96 degrees, respectively. The average postoperative follow-up time was 20 years. Five of the 12 hips with trochanteric overgrowth had abductor weakness. A postoperative HE angle of 35 degrees or less and a HS angle of 130 degrees or more was correlated with consistently satisfactory results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000601:surgery*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000151:congenital; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation