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1. A simple calculation for the timing of epiphysial arrest to correct leg length discrepancy is described. An assumption is made that growth ceases at a constant chronological age of sixteen years in boys and fourteen years in girls. It is further assumed that the lower femoral epiphysis provides three-eighths of an inch and the upper tibial epiphysis one-quarter inch of growth each year. 2. Whilst the assumptions made are known to be approximations, analysis of the results of fifty-three epiphysial arrests in forty-four children shows that the errors cancel themselves sufficiently to make this method accurate. The simplicity of the calculation makes it useful to confirm or modify the timing of arrests calculated on the basis of skeletal age, or as an alternative method.

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We studied the pathogenesis, incidence and consequences of avascular necrosis in 184 children treated for congenital dislocation of the hip. Of 210 hips, 99 (47%) had some evidence of avascular necrosis (total 81, partial 18). The incidence was not influenced by the age at reduction, the duration of traction or the use of adductor tenotomy. Patients treated by closed reduction without preliminary fraction did not have a higher incidence of avascular necrosis. Correspondence should be sent to Mr M. B. Menelaus. © 1990 British Editorial Society ofBone and Joint Surgery 0301-620X/90/4l20 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 1990; 72-B : 557-62.

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