LONG-TERM RESULTS OF VALGUS OSTEOTOMY FOR CONGENITAL COXA VARA

Twenty hips (12 patients) with congenital coxa vara, treated with valg us subtrochanteric osteotomy, were reviewed retrospectively. The avera ge Hilgenreiner-epiphyseal (HE) and head-shaft (HS) angles at the init ial evaluation were 66-degrees and 96-degrees, respectively. The avera ge postoperative follow-up time was 20 years. Five of the 12 hips with trochanteric overgrowth had abductor weakness. A postoperative HE ang le of 35-degrees or less and a HS angle of 130-degrees or more was cor related with consistently satisfactory results.