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Guided Abduction In The Treatment Of Congenital Hip Dislocations, Alfred B. Webber
Guided Abduction In The Treatment Of Congenital Hip Dislocations, Alfred B. Webber
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Guided abduction has been well accepted in Southern California as an effective method in the initial treatment of congenital hip dislocation. Since 1953, when this procedure was first instituted, no report has been made in the world literature describing its application and the results obtained. One of the purposes of this communication has been to outline the stages in treatment and show some of the results obtained.
The early group of congenital hip dislocations represents a difficult problem. It has been shown as a result of this study that guided abduction is an effective way to control the reduction of …