Results in the treatment of paralytic calcaneus-valgus feet with the Westin technique.

Between 1988 and 2003, 23 patients with paralytic calcaneus-valgus feet were submitted to the Westin procedure and 17 patients (25 feet) were re-evaluated. Nine patients were male and eight were female. The mean age at the surgical procedure was 8+/-5 years.

Treatment of the painful chronically dislocated and subluxated hip in cerebral palsy with hip arthrodesis.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate 14 painful dislocated hips in patients with spastic cerebral palsy, treated with hip arthrodesis and internal fixation. The mean age at the surgical procedure was 15 years and 5 months. The mean follow-up period was 5 years and 3 months.