title: Femoral osteotomy in the treatment of adult dysplastic hip.
abstract: The authors define the current role of femoral osteotomy in the treatment of the sequelae of congenital hip dysplasia (CHD) in the adult in light of the increasing orientation towards prosthetization. They report a personal philosophy on the subject after analyzing the criteria on which are based indications for osteotomy, the various types of osteotomy, the influence of osteotomy on other skeletal regions, the problems of prosthetization on osteotomy, and expectations concerning of the quality of the life of the patients submitted to osteotomy.
authors.affiliation: 1 Divisione, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cervellati
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grippo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miskulin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fontanesi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005270:Femur Head / Q000601:surgery; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life