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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) 85:383-384 (2003)
© 2003 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Letters to The Editor

Differing Approaches to the Surgical Correction of Snapping Hip

N. M.P. Clarke, ChM, FRCS, Graeme Taylor, FRCS(Orth), Matthew B. Dobbs, MD, J. Eric Gordon, MD, Scott J. Luhmann, MD, Deborah A. Szymanski, RN and Perry L. Schoenecker, MD

Corresponding author (letter): N.M.P. Clarke, ChM, FRCS, Southampton University Hospitals, NHS Trust Paediatric Orthopaedics, F Level, East Wing, Mailpoint 45, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton S016 6YD United Kingdom, ortho@soton.ac.uk
Corresponding author (reply): Matthew B. Dobbs, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110, mattdobbs@earthlink.net

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To The Editor:

In the article "Surgical Correction of the Snapping Iliopsoas Tendon in Adolescents" (2002;84:420-4), by Dobbs et al., the authors stated that "there have been very few reports addressing the internal type of snapping hip . . . . We are aware of only one study in which the authors described a detailed surgical approach and technique for addressing the snapping iliopsoas tendon. . . ."

We have noticed an increased tendency for the American volume of The Journal to ignore material published in its British counterpart. Dobbs et al. described a surgical technique for correction of the snapping iliopsoas tendon but they completely overlooked our own publication that has a similar title: "Surgical Release of the `Snapping Iliopsoas Tendon.' " 1

It is inevitable, of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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