Surgery of the Hip in Myelomeningocele as Related to Adult Goals

Abstract

This article summarizes our overall principles of orthopedic treatment of the hip and the basis for these principles. We hope our young patients with undergo fewer operative procedures, spend less time in the hospital, and be better adapted for their adult lives. This will be accomplished by better prognosis of their adult abilities and by treating the problems related to those objectives, not their X-rays or transient childhood goals.