On Congenital Dislocation of the Hip

Abstract

Cox. 1910.Books nowadays often contain descriptions of so many different surgical methods that a reader more or less unacquainted with the subject finds it quite impossible to determine which is the best plan to adopt in the particular case under observation.In this book the case is not so ; the lines laid down by Lorenz are acknowledged and strictly followed. Added to this we have

Congenital Dislocation of the Hip in Extrauterine Pregnancy

“…Burke (1951) started treatment at 20 months of age and did not report long-term progress. Jarcho (1949) performed open reduction at 18 months and reported satisfactory mental and physical development.…”

“…One infant had bilateral CDH and bilateral talipes calcaneovalgus (Jarcho 1949); the other was treated at 20 months of age for left CDH (Burke 1951) after delivery by laparotomy (Lesk 1948). In non-surviving fetuses, Tubby (1912) reported bilateral CDH in a five-month pregnancy and unilateral CDH in an infant ten inches long.…”

“…In viable extrauterine pregnancy, congenital dislocation of the hip (CDH) has been reported only twice (Jarcho 1949;Burke 1951). We describe another two infants with this condition.…”