Case 11. Ischemic Necrosis in DDH.

Description: ISCHEMIC NECROSIS AS A COMPLICATION IN DELVELOPMENTAL DYSPLASIA
This is an 11 months old white male patient who had congenital dislocation of right hip. This was first detected 6 weeks of age. The patient was a breech child delivered by C-section. He is the first child for this 38 year old mother. At 6 weeks of age, he was placed in a Pavlik harness but this treatment was unsuccessful. Closed reduction was performed, but the hip redislocated. He was kept in an Ilfield brace for a short time and then had open reduction followed by 3 months in a spica cast. Following removal of the cast he redislocated again, and at that time the patient was referred to this Institute.