title: [Long-term investigation of closed reduction of congenital hip dislocation in children with modified frog-leg cast].
abstract: From 1978 to 1983, closed reduction and fixation with frog-leg cast were used to treat congenital hip dislocation in children in our hospital. Sixty-two patients with such hip dislocation were treated by these methods. Among them 38 patients under 3 years of age were followed up for 12 to 16 years (mean 13 years). Encouraging results were obtained and the reduction rate was 97.9%. This treatment revealed that after closed reduction the fixation and the slight movement of the femoral head in the cast under the fixation are a self-remould action that may promote the growth of the acetabulum and the femoral head resulting in normal development of the hip.
authors.affiliation: Second Teaching Hospital, Shanxi Medical College, Taiyuan.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bao
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male