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Scientific Articles:
Simon R. Thomas, John H. Wedge, and Robert B. Salter
Outcome at Forty-five Years After Open Reduction and Innominate Osteotomy for Late-Presenting Developmental Dislocation of the Hip
J Bone Joint Surg Am 2007; 89: 2341-2350 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
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[Read Letter to the Editor] The Salter Osteotomy
Sharaf B Ibrahim, FRCS, MS Orth   (6 October 2008)

The Salter Osteotomy 6 October 2008
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Sharaf B Ibrahim, FRCS, MS Orth,
Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon
Hospital Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Re: The Salter Osteotomy

sharaf{at}mail.hukm.ukm.my Sharaf B Ibrahim, FRCS, MS Orth

EDITOR'S NOTE: The authors were invited to respond to this letter, but to date, have not done so.

To the Editor:

I read with interest and congratulate the authors on publishing results of the Salter innominate osteotomy at a forty-five year follow-up (1).

The result shows a 54% rate of survival of the hip at 45 years. Conversely, this means that 46% of the hips failed over time. Couldn't the results be interpreted to also mean that although the Salter osteotomy improves anterolateral coverage of the femoral head, it results in concomitant deficient coverage posteriorly?

The author did not receive any outside funding or grants in support of his research for or preparation of this work. Neither he nor a member of his immediate family received payments or other benefits or a commitment or agreement to provide such benefits from a commercial entity. No commercial entity paid or directed, or agreed to pay or direct, any benefits to any research fund, foundation, division, center, clinical practice, or other charitable or nonprofit organization with which the author, or a member of his immediate family, is affiliated or associated.

References:

1. Simon R. Thomas, John H. Wedge, and Robert B. Salter Outcome at Forty-five Years After Open Reduction and Innominate Osteotomy for Late-Presenting Developmental Dislocation of the Hip J Bone Joint Surg Am 2007; 89: 2341-2350