Dynamics of radiographic acetabular values in treatment of adolescents with dysplastic coxarthrosis

Abstract

The data of radiographic examination of 18 adolescents with dysplastic coxarthrosis undergone reorienting pelvic osteotomy have been studied. The surgical intervention in the adolescent group analyzed contributed to partial acetabular remodeling, which mainly manifested itself in the change of acetabular vault shape and orientation and, to a lesser extent, as acetabular deepening. Acetabular vault formation occurred within the first 8-9 months after surgery, and the increase of deepening was observed 6-12 months after the fixator removal. The character of radiographic value change has demonstrated that the reconstructive intervention in the hip of the patients of the group studied contributes to coxarthrosis progress slowdown.