Between 1955 and April 1970, 26 unilateral and 10 bilateral dislocations of the hip joint were treated by open reduction.
This paper presents an interim result of these 36 cases with congenital dislocation of the hip.
The first hip was operated twelve years and mine months ago. the most recent one in this seriese, 3 year's ago.
Time and technique of the operation, age at the time of operation and methods of fixation after the operation are discussed.
The results of 36 hip operative reduction were analysed.
Six hip (16.7%) were good, 25 hips (69.4%) were fair and 5 hips (13.9%) were reluxations.
