Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1969;51:1057-1069.
© 1969 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Coxa Plana
RESULTS OF A NEW FORM OF SPLINTING
M. H. M. HARRISON F.R.C.S.1,
M. H. TURNER M.B., CH.B.1, and
F. J. NICHOLSON 1
1 From the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham
An account is given of a newly designed splint for the ambulatory treatment of coxa plana. The splint enforces complete containment of the capital femoral epiphysis by the acetabulum and prevents weight transmission through the affected hip. The results obtained in treating twenty-five children with this splint are presented.