Intertrochanteric osteotomy in severe forms of coxarthrosis

Abstract

Summarizing the experience of surgical treatment of 225 patients with coxarthrosis, the authors came to the conclusion about the advisability of using intertrochanteric osteotomy at stage III of the process. The data of clinical and radiological, biomechanical and experimental studies made it possible to establish the limits of the possibility of using intertrochanteric osteotomy in severe coxarthrosis, as well as the peculiarities of the technique of intervention and the method of postoperative rehabilitation.