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In our analysis of patients who were managed over a fifteen-year period, the data did not support the hypothesis that the presence of an ossific nucleus at the time of reduction of a congenitally dislocated hip is associated with a lower prevalence of ischemic necrosis of the femoral head. Sound operative principles dictate that operative reduction
of a congenitally displaced hip should be performed when the child can be safely placed under anesthesia and without regard to the presence or absence of the ossific nucleus

Langue : ANGLAIS

Identifiant basis : 1999204202