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  • Title: Open reduction or epiphysiodesis for slipped upper femoral epiphysis. A comparison of Dunn's operation and the Heyman-Herndon procedure.
    Author: Szypryt EP, Clement DA, Colton CL.
    Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Br; 1987 Nov; 69(5):737-42. PubMed ID: 3680334.
    Abstract:
    Forty-eight consecutive patients (53 hips) were treated for moderate or severe slips of the upper femoral epiphysis between 1974 and 1984; 46 patients (96%) returned for clinical and radiological assessment at a mean of five years after operation. Twenty-three patients (23 hips) underwent a Dunn's open reduction and 25 patients (30 hips) were treated by epiphysiodesis and surgical osteoplasty as advocated by Heyman and Herndon. The results of the two methods of treatment are compared. Analysis revealed that 11 hips with moderate slip (30 degrees to 50 degrees) treated by the Heyman-Herndon procedure did significantly better than the 18 hips with severe slip (greater than 50 degrees) treated by the same method. Furthermore, when these hips with severe slip were compared to the hips treated by Dunn's open reduction, all of which were displaced greater than 50 degrees, the latter fared significantly better. The authors conclude that the Heyman-Herndon procedure gave consistently good results for moderate slips, but Dunn's open reduction gave better results for hips with severe slips.
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