[Salter's innominate osteotomy in the treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip. Apropos of 129 cases].

The authors studied a series of 129 innominate osteotomies performed for the treatment of a congenital dislocation of the hip (C.D.H.

[Surgical treatment of scoliosis of 100 degrees and greater in children and adolescents (neurological and myopathic scoliosis excluded). Apropos of a series of 66 cases].

In a retrospective study the authors had compared the results obtained in two series of identical scoliosis. All were examined after a two year minimal follow-up. Group A.

[Correction of scoliosis using plates. Results of 99 cases seen at a later time].

The authors have reviewed 99 scolioses with an average follow up of 4.5 years which had been corrected by plating. The complications were not infrequent, but were rarely severe.

[Tibial lengthening using Judet's method. Apropos of 108 cases in children].

One hundred and eight tibial lengthenings were performed in 106 children using the technique and apparatus of R. and J. Judet.

[Fungal osteoarthritis of the knee with joint destruction treated with ketoconazole].

The authors report a case of acute fungal arthritis following traumatic inoculation (bramble prick) in a 9 year-old boy. The implicated fungus was an highly pathogenic atypical strain of Scedosporium (monosporium) apiospermum. Two surgical operations (synovectomy and arthrodesis) and antifungal treatment with ketoconazole led to recovery.

[Prognosis of extensive vertebral arthrodesis for scoliosis using Harrington's rods. Initial evaluation].

The authors have studied the technical results and the social status of patients operated on for scoliosis with Harrington rods. Only 137 of the first 330 patients, now adults, could be located and questioned. The scoliosis was idiopathic in nearly all cases.

[Cranio-vertebral junction and Morquio disease. Apropos of 6 cases].

The authors study the anomalies of the cranio-vertebral junction in the Morquio disease. The first 6 cases reported, in addition to the usual vertebral anomalies, suffered from a junctionnal malformations that were operated by posterior decompression and occipito-vertebral arthrodesis. In these cases, they especially study: --the neurological repercussion in 5 cases that could only be evidenced by a very careful examination after a stress test; --the simple roentgenographic examination, in forced position, and gaseous myelography proved on one band, that the instability, which is supposed to be responsible for the neurological symptoms, is actually inconstant (2 case out of 6).

[The incidence of progressive scoliosis and kyphosis after fractures and dislocations of the spine in children (author's transl)].

The authors have observed forty-two cases of fractures and dislocations of the spine in children. In twenty-eight cases there was a complete spinal cord lesion and in four cases a partial cord lesion with some recovery. Ten children had no neurological lesion.

[Spine deformity in Marfan's syndrome in childhood (author's transl)].

The authors have studied twenty cases of spine deformity in children suffering from Marfan's syndrome. They describe the main features of the disease and point out the difficulty of accurate diagnosis in children with minor involvement. The deformities are those of a dysplastic scoliosis as shown by the frequency of vertebral inversion on the lateral view: dorso-lumbar kyphosis, decreased lumbar lordosis.

[Orthopedic problems in fibrous dysplasia in infant's bones. A report on 23 cases (author's transl)].

The authors report on 23 cases of fibrons in infants who had been treated surgically, and review the therapeutic problem which arise from this particular type of bone fragility. When located in the diaphysis they had been treated by screw fixation, isolated grafts being constantly unsuccessful. Various procedures had been used in 9 cases with localization in the proximal end of the femur, and they are reviewed critically.

[Scoliosis and congenital cardiopathies].

The authors have followed up 26 children suffering from severe scoliosis associated with congenital heart disease up to the end of puberty. The curve was usually a very severe idiopathic scoliosis developing early and requring surgical treatment. Two types may be distinguished: I.