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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 Constrained total hip arthroplasty in a paediatric patient with cerebral palsy and painful dislocation of the hipA CASE REPORTS. 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 Surgeon11 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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