Open AccessCementless arthroplasty with a distal femoral shortening for the treatment of Crowe type IV developmental hip dysplasia
Author(s) -
Changyong Guo,
Bowei Liang,
Sha M,
Liangqi Kang,
Jiangze Wang,
Zhenqi Ding
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.159652
Subject(s) - medicine , total hip arthroplasty , orthopedic surgery , dysplasia , surgery , arthroplasty
Severe developmental dysplasia of the hip is a surgical challenge. The purpose of this study is to describe the cementless arthroplasty with a distal femoral shortening osteotomy for Crowe type IV developmental hip dysplasia and to report the results of this technique.