Apophysial trochanteric plasty in the treatment of children with destructive dislocations of the femur in the absence of the head and neck

A distingishing feature of the newly developed method of the treatment of destructive dislocation of the femur in children is a possibility to use autotransplant on the feeding muscular limb for the plasty of proximal part of the femur with the recovery of cartilaginous integument of the joint surface of femoral component. The method shows the high efficacy. The positive result is obtained in 8 cases out of 9. The use of Ilizarovs apparatus significantly promotes the realization of the method and provides a possibility to make the patient more active in the process of the treatment.