Abstract
During the past three years, 157 babies with congenital dislocation of the hip were treated with Pavlik's bandage, including 93 dislocations, 53 subluxations and 11 hypoplasias of the acetabular roof.
The reduction was failed in 14 cases out of 93 cases of dislocation.
One hundred and forty nine hips in 112 cases, including 68 dislocations, 60 subluxations and 20 hypoplasias, were followed from 6 to 45 months after the treatment. The results showed that the anatomical healing was obtained in 138 hips (93%) and epiphysitis of the femoral head occurred in 11 hips. Observing 68 hips of dislocation, the anatomical healing was obtained in 60 hips (88%) and the results were inclined to become to be worse with the increase of age at the initial treatment.
