The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 63, Issue 3 389-393, Copyright © 1981 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Supracondylar derotational osteotomy of the femur for internal rotation of the thigh in the cerebral palsied child
MM Hoffer, C Prietto and M Koffman
Residual internal rotation of the thigh during gait in eleven patients with
cerebral palsy was corrected by supracondylar femoral osteotomy. This
procedure was performed in those few children who had attained relative
muscle balance and who had stable hips.