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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXIV | Pages 3 - 3
1 May 2012
Hefny A Abdelsamie A Amin A
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Introduction

Septic arthritis of the hip in the newborn baby can result in severe long term sequelae in the form of dislocation of the hip, loss of movement and growth disturbance with leg length discrepancy. Reconstructive procedures for this difficult problem have not been satisfactory.

Patient and methods

This series comprises eight patients with septic hip sequelae . All of them had old septic hip and leg length discrepancy ranging from 4 cm to 15 cm. all underwent hip stabilization by pelvic support osteotomy and simultaneous limb lengthening and angular deformities correction using the Ilizarov frame. The age at the operation range from 8 years to 19 years, with an average follow up 4 years.