Double osteotomty operation in the surgical treatment of coxa plana disease

Chakirgil G., Isitman A., Ceten I.

Orthopedics, vol.8, no.12, pp.1495-1504, 1985 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 8 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 1985
  • Journal Name: Orthopedics
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1495-1504
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

During the years 1975 to 1982, what was named the double osteotomy - which is a combination of pelvic osteotomy together with subtrochanteric varus, extension and derotation osteotomy - was applied to 26 cases suffering from coxa plana (Perthes-Calve-Legg disease). The postoperative follow up averages a period of three years and five months and was undertaken at the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ankara, Turkey