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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

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From: The effectiveness of preliminary traction in the treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip

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Radiographic examination of congenital dislocation of the right hip in a 14-month-old child before starting treatment by preliminary traction. The affected hip was classified as being at the minus-one station according to the Gage and Winter method (a). After 4 weeks, X-ray showed the effectiveness of the traction, as it had pulled the femoral head down to the plus-one station (group 1) (b)

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