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Infantile flexible flatfoot does not require treatment in most cases. Symptomatic flexible flat feet are treated orthopaedically and surgery is only indicated when orthosis fails.Cases who underwent surgical treatment with the stop screw technique at the 12 de Octubre Hospital between 1995 and 2002 are reported. Patient progress is also analysed. Six angles are measured on the X-ray prior to surgery...
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) causes anatomical changes that cause early coxarthrosis. Although risk factors have been determined, the aetiology and physiopathology remains exactly unknown. Neonatal screening with physical examination and ultrasound have been established in order to diagnose this disease early in life. A diagnosis in the first months of life is essential as it enables a...
Perthes’ disease is an idiopathic avascular necrosis of the proximal femoral epiphysis in children. Plain radiograph is the main diagnosis tool and is also used to classify the phase and the extent of the disease. Although it is a self-limited condition and its natural history is often benign, there are several factors that can worsen prognosis. Those factors are age, extent of the disease and some...
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