PapadimitriouAbductionSplint

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An established method of treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is the use of abduction splint also in walking children. To achieve a favourable outcome in treatment of DDH, the abduction splint has to place the legs in such abduction thus allowing concentric distribution of pressure of the femoral head inside the dysplastic acetabulum and inducing the remodelling of acetabulum towards normal. The surgeon is usually faced with the dilemma how much abduction is necessary to induce the acetabulum modelling. The degree of abduction of the splint is usually chosen according to surg…

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