Septic arthritis of the hip in infancy: Long-term follow-up

Matthew B. Dobbs; John J. Sheridan; J. Eric Gordon; Carey L. Corley; Deborah A. Szymanski; Perry L. Schoenecker

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Septic arthritis of the hip in infancy: Long-term follow-up

Matthew B. Dobbs, John J. Sheridan, J. Eric Gordon, Carey L. Corley, Deborah A. Szymanski, Perry L. Schoenecker

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Abstract

At a mean 15-year follow-up, the authors evaluated five hips in five patients who had complete destruction of the femoral head and neck from septic arthritis when they were 3 months old. All patients were treated with a trochanteric arthroplasty in combination with a proximal femoral varus osteotomy at a mean age of 30 months in an attempt to salvage a femoral-pelvic articulation. Results suggest this treatment can provide a stable, painless, and functional hip, with an improved gait and less leg-length discrepancy than predicted if no reconstructive effort were attempted.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	162-168
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
Volume	23
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01241398-200303000-00006
State	Published - 2003

Keywords

Arthroplasty
Hip
Infancy
Sepsis
Trochanteric

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