Developmental dysplasia of the hip in infants with congenital muscular torticollis.

Infants with congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) are at increased risk for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), which has led to increased use of diagnostic procedures. Our goal in this study was to establish indications for imaging the hips of infants presenting with CMT. We reviewed the cases of 292 patients with the diagnosis of CMT, 16 of whom were found to have DDH.

A kyphectomy technique with reduced perioperative morbidity for myelomeningocele kyphosis.

Study Design: The lumbar sacropelvis in 11 patients with myelomeningocele and kyphosis was treated with a subtraction kyphectomy technique and posterior instrumentation. The results of this procedure in the 11 patients were evaluated and compared with previous results.

Objective: To examine critically their experience using the subtraction (decancellation) vertebrectomy technique combined with posterior instrumentation for myelomeningocele kyphosis, the authors reviewed the charts of 18 myelomeningocele patients who underwent surgery for lumbar kyphosis between 1994 and 1998.