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BILATERAL CONGENITAL CONTRACTURE OF THE ILIO-TIBIAL TRACT

M. H. Mehta 1

1 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; Calcutta, India

1. A case is described of bilateral congenital contracture of the ilio-tibial bands in a healthy girl of ten months.

2. With the hips extended each lower limb was held in about 25 degrees of fixed abduction.

3. Division of the ilio-tibial bands abolished the abduction contractures.
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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General