title: Constrained total hip arthroplasty in a paediatric patient with cerebral palsy and painful dislocation of the hip. A case report.
abstract: We describe a patient with cerebral palsy, of normal intelligence, who could not walk but who by the age of 16 had been successfully managed with a staged bilateral total hip arthroplasty using a constrained liner.
authors.affiliation: Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK. stephenblake_uk@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kitson
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gie
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome