Abstract
1. A method of treatment of the congenitally dislocated hip is described.
2. The rationale of the treatment is considered.
3. The subsequent development of the hip generally, and of its individual components, is described.
4. Comparison between the results of other methods of treatment and of this method is not attempted for reasons stated.
5. The advantages of a shortened period of splintage are discussed.
6. The state of fifty completely dislocated hips treated consecutively is described at the end of a follow-up period of from three to seven and a half years.
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