title: Gluteal muscle fibrosis with abduction contracture of the hip.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Gluteal muscle fibrosis with hip contracture is a rare condition and causes major disability; literature reports are sparse. The aim of this study is to present, for the first time in Iraq and the region, a case series of gluteal fibrosis and the results of surgical treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven children--six boys and one girl--diagnosed as having gluteal muscle fibrosis with hip contracture, were investigated and treated by open surgical release of fibrotic bands and physiotherapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients improved dramatically over the subsequent weeks, and were able to sit and squat in the normal position.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gluteal muscle fibrosis with hip contracture is present in Iraq and more awareness is needed for early diagnosis. Surgical treatment provided excellent results. More studies are needed to delineate the aetiology of the condition.
authors.affiliation: Al Wasity Teaching Hospital, PO Box 38032, Baghdad, Iraq. mabayatti@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mohammed Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Al Bayati
authors.affiliation: Al Wasity Teaching Hospital, PO Box 38032, Baghdad, Iraq. bakirkraidy@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Bakir Kadhum
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kraidy
mesh_terms: D002081:Buttocks; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006616:Hip Contracture / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Gluteal fibrosis; Hip contracture