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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1938;20:339-344.
© 1938 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

A PROCEDURE FOR THE CORRECTION OF INTERNAL ROTATION OF THE THIGH IN SPASTIC PARALYSIS

HERBERT A. DURHAM M.D.

1. Internal rotation of the thigh is a common, disabling, and persistent deformity in patients with spastic paralysis.

2. It is found mainly in conjunction with the more obvious flexor and adductor spasm, and for that reason its importance as a separate factor is apt to be overlooked.

3. The operation of anterior gluteal release is anatomically sound and technically simple.

4. Since it has given uniformly satisfactory results in a series of twenty patients, the writer has no hesitancy in presenting it as a helpful addition to the numerous surgical procedures in use for the relief of spastic contractures.


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