Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1948;30:416-421.
© 1948 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
PRIMARY ANTERIOR CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF THE HIP
H. R. McCarroll M.D.1
1 Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children, and Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
At present it may be safely stated that no universally satisfactory method has been found for treating the primary anterior dislocation which cannot be corrected by closed reduction. In an attempt to accomplish this without disturbing the architecture of the articular surfaces, the use of the anterior buttress will be given further trial. If this proves unsatisfactory, some type of arthroplasty would seem to be the next logical step.