title: Treatment of coxa brevis.
abstract: Coxa brevis of the hip results in a morphologic change of the proximal femur creating pain and fatigue, leg-length discrepancy, and altered gait. The most common cause is a growth alteration of the proximal femoral physis secondary to ischemic necrosis of the proximal femoral epiphysis. This article describes the Morscher osteotomy-a unique femoral neck-lengthening technique. The outcomes of this successful and predictable technique are resolution of symptoms of fatigue and hip discomfort; the absence of nonunion, infection, or hardware failure; and restoration of normal proximal femoral morphology and biomechanics.
authors: International Center for Limb Lengthening, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA. sstandard@lifebridgehealth.org
authors: Shawn C
authors: SC
authors: Standard
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000601:surgery; D005272:Femur Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007873:Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography