background: legg-calve´-perthes disease is a juvenile idiopathic osteonecrosis in which the blood supply of femoral head is not sufficient and the bone dies provisionally. the aim of this study is to evaluate outcome of femoral osteotomy in children with lcpd in our university hospital.   methods: in a descriptive analytic study, between 2008 and 2013, patients with the diagnosis of legg-calve’...

Orthopaedic surgeons specialising in adult hip reconstruction surgery often face the problem of osteoarthritis secondary to congenital hip disease (CHD). To achieve better communication among physicians, better treatment planning and evaluation of the results of various treatment options, an agreed terminology is needed to describe the entire pathology. Furthermore, a generally accepted classif...

This paper reviews the current knowledge relating to the management of adult patients with congenital hip disease. Orthopaedic surgeons who treat these patients with a total hip replacement should be familiar with the arguments concerning its terminology, be able to recognise the different anatomical abnormalities and to undertake thorough pre-operative planning in order to replace the hip usin...

The importance of identifying this anomaly is that it is associated with other congenital malformations in over 20% of cases, most commonly being associated with cardiovascular anomalies and congenital dislocation of hip. Of the 44 infants with this syndrome, Pape and Pickering found 27 to have major anomaly of skeletal, genitourinary, respiratory and cardiovascular systems. The disorder most c...

PATIENT Male, 43 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Neurofibromatosis Symptoms: Hip pain Medication: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Orthopedics and Traumatology. OBJECTIVE Rare disease. BACKGROUND Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a disease known for orthopedic manifestations such as spine deformities, congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia and other bony dysplasias; joint dislocations are rare. Joint arthriti...

The implications of a diagnosis of congenital dislocation of the hip and the importance of the role of the family physician in early detection and treatment are identified.A review of the salient clinical features of congenital dislocation of the hip is undertaken. The results of a survey carried out in the author's practice on an unusual incidence of congenital dislocated hip are reviewed.

49,xxxxy is rare chromosomal pattern and these patients have mental retardation, small penis, cryptorchidism and skeletal anomalies. we reported a 10 month-old boy who has hypotonia, microcephaly, hypertelorism, depressed nasal bridge, epicanthic folds and bilateral multiple ear tags, high arched palate, down set ears, micrognathia and congenital heart disease such as patent ductus arteriosus (...