Preliminary traction and the use of under-thigh pillows to prevent avascular necrosis of the femoral head in Pavlik harness treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 540-545

  Suzuki, Shigeo ^a   Seto, Yoichi ^a   Futami, Tohru ^a   Kashiwagi, Naoya ^a  

^a SHIGA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Developmental dysplasia of the hip; Pavlik harness; Preliminary traction; Under thigh pillows

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HIP DYSPLASIA; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SKELETON TRACTION;

EID: 0034533951     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760070002     Document Type: Article

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