Orthopaedics and Trauma
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 158-161, June 2009

(ii) Surgical approaches to the hip in children

M F Macnicol BSc(hons) MCh FRCS FRCP FRCSEd(Orth) is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Scienne Road, Edinburgh, UK

Abstract 

The relevant anatomical structures around the hip are considered in relation to medial, anterolateral and posterior approaches to the joint. Paediatric conditions that make this surgical facility necessary include developmental dysplasia and dislocation of the hip, septic arthritis, slipped upper femoral epiphysis and the removal of benign tumours and loose bodies.

Keywords: anterolateral, arthrography, arthroscopy, hip joint, medial and posterior approaches, surgical anatomy

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PII: S1877-1327(09)00082-7

doi:10.1016/j.mporth.2009.05.007

Orthopaedics and Trauma
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 158-161, June 2009

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