Treatment of children with the hip pathology suffering from arthrogryposis (A review of the literature)

Abstract

The hip pathology in patients with arthrogryposis is observed in up to 90 % of cases, and it is represented by the hip contractures and dislocations. There is no generally accepted tactics of treatment of the said deformities for arthrogryposis in the world practice so far. The data of the native and foreign literature relating to the etiopathogenesis, clinical picture and classifications of the hip pathology, as well as the results of its conservative and surgical treatment analyzed in the work.