Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Results for group 1 (in which traction was effective) and group 2 (in which traction was not effective)
From: The effectiveness of preliminary traction in the treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip
Group 1 | Group 2 | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Effective traction | Ineffective traction | ||
Total number of hips (number of patients) | 48 (37) | 23 (15) | |
Height of dislocation | |||
Minus-one station | 34 | 23 | 0.003 |
Zero station | 14 | 0 | |
Age distribution of patients at surgery | |||
Patients < 1 years old (no. of hips) | 22 (26) | 0 (0) | < 0.001 |
Patents 1–2 years old (no. of hips) | 15 (22) | 4 (5) | |
Patients > 2 years old (no. of hips) | 0 (0) | 11 (18) | |
AVN | 5 hips (10%) | 8 hips (35%) | 0.02 |