The authors report their experience in the surgical treatment of the sequelae of congenital hip dysplasia, more specifically, 125 arthroplasties performed in 116 patients, with specific reference to the technical difficulties encountered and the various surgical methods used. This review suggests that prosthetization yields a high percentage of good results (77%) and constant remission of pain. Nonetheless, joint function, particularly when motion was severely compromised before surgery, or when dislocation was very severe (Crowe grades III and IV), is not always restored.

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The anchor nail in osteosynthesis of fractures of the humerus.

Osteosynthesis with a humeral anchor nail may be listed along with other methods of intramedullary fixation for the treatment of diaphyseal fractures. The authors report their experience with 33 cases of humeral fractures treated between July 1987 and July 1991. Results were excellent in 61% of the cases, good in 24%, and fair in 15%; no particular complications were reported. The authors believe that the anchor nail constitutes a system of osteosynthesis involving only a small amount of trauma, and allowing for positive elastic stability for the consolidation of the fracture, as well as being a sufficiently safe system so that immobilization in plaster may be avoided. When compared with other systems of intramedullary fixation, the anchor nail is more effective than the Rush nail from a mechanical point of view, and the Kuntscher nail from a biological one.

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