[Open reduction with pelvic osteotomy and femoral shortening].

The combined procedure of femoral shortening, reduction of the hip, iliac osteotomy, transfer of the iliopsoas muscle, and redirection of the femoral head, applied in 225 hips of children over the age of 7, gave good results in two-thirds of the cases, and poor in one-tenth. The quality of the outcome diminished with increasing age at surgery.

[Prevention, care and screening of hips of newborn infants].

The frequency of C.D.H.

Long-term results of combined operative reduction of the hip in older children.

Long-term results of open reduction, combined with femoral shortening, iliac osteotomy, reorientation of the upper femur, and medial iliopsoas transfer, are analyzed in 144 hips, according to patients' answers to follow-up questionnaires. Age at surgery ranged from 7 to 15 years with a follow-up of 9-24 years (mean 13 years). Two-thirds of patients had good results, one-fourth had fair results, and one-tenth had poor results.