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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 88-B, Issue 5, 655-657.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B5.17206  
Copyright © 2006 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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Constrained total hip arthroplasty in a paediatric patient with cerebral palsy and painful dislocation of the hip

A CASE REPORT

S. M. Blake, BSc, MRCS, Orthopaedic Specialist Registrar1; J. Kitson, FRCS(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1; J. R. Howell, FRCS(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1; G. A. Gie, FRCS(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1; and P. J. Cox, MSc, FRCS(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1

1 Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK.

Correspondence should be sent to Mr S. M. Blake; e-mail: stephenblake_uk{at}yahoo.co.uk

We describe a patient with cerebral palsy, of normal intelligence, who could not walk but who by the age of 16 had been successfully managed with a staged bilateral total hip arthroplasty using a constrained liner.






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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General