Fifty-four unreduced congenital dislocation of the hip in 45 infancies treated with Pavlik's bandage were treated during 1967 to 1972.
Nine hips were treated by open reduction and the remaining were treated by Lorenz's method, combination of Lorenz's method and Pavlik's bandage, or other conservative methods.
The follow-up results of 48 hips after 1 to 6 years showed anatomical healing in the 35 hips (73.0%), The causes of unsatisfactory results were considered to be mainly too long application of Pavlik's bandage to the unreduced hips.
