Pavlik's method: a retrospective study.

This retrospective study of the early work of Arnold Pavlik in the treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip proves the success of his method in eradicating avascular necrosis (AVN) resulting from other modes of treatment. Authors analyzed some 100 charts of children treated for CDH, as it was known at that time, between 1969 and 1981, and assessed the influence of gender, clinical stability, severity of X-ray pathology and age at which treatment was started, according to duration, outcome of treatment and rate of AVN. Of the 100 children with 134 treated pathological hips, 62 children with 86 pathological hips were treated exclusively by Pavlik's method.

Present status of screening and prevention of developmental dysplasia of the hip in the Slovak Republic.

The authors analysed the status of screening and prevention of developmental dysplasia of the hip in the Slovak Republic on the basis of the European Pediatric Orthopaedic Society questionnaire. The questionnaire was sent to 31 heads of orthopaedic departments, with 23 (74%) responses. According to the responses received, in the Slovak Republic a neonatologist or orthopaedic surgeon, depending on availability, makes the first clinical examination of the hips up to the fifth day after delivery.

[Somatometric and impedance measurements of the lower extremities in orthopedics].

Purpose Of The Study: The objective was to demonstrate the contribution of somatometry and vascular impedance measurement to the evaluation of somatic status and nutrition, particularly the state and function of the vascular system of lower extremities, in patients with arthropathy of the weight-bearing joints.

Material: Impedance plethysmography and impedance phlebography appeared to be the best methods for assessment of vascular hemodynamics; pulse oxymetry, carried out on toes, was most convenient for measurement of haemoglobin saturation with oxygen (HbO2). The state of vessels was determined according to the CEAP classification.