POSTERIOR ILIOPSOAS TRANSPLANTATION IN THE TREATMENT OF PARALYTIC DISLOCATION OF THE HIP

Abstract

1. The indications for and technique of posterior iliopsoas transplantation are described with particular reference to paralytic dislocation and subluxation of the hip in children.

2. Experience of 150 operations in ninety-five patients and of the long-term results of forty-one operations are given.

3. Reduction of the dislocation has been maintained in every case even when there was complete paralysis of all gluteal muscles.

4. All the children are able to walk without the aid of hip splintage.