Short Term Radiological Outcome of Combined Femoral and Ilium Osteotomy in Pelvic Reconstruction of the Child

Lorenz Pisecky; Gerhard Großbötzl; Stella Stevoska; Matthias Christoph Michael Klotz; Christina Haas; Tobias Gotterbarm; Matthias Luger; Manuel Gahleitner

doi:10.3390/children9030441

Short Term Radiological Outcome of Combined Femoral and Ilium Osteotomy in Pelvic Reconstruction of the Child

Children (Basel). 2022 Mar 21;9(3):441. doi: 10.3390/children9030441.

Authors

Lorenz Pisecky¹, Gerhard Großbötzl¹, Stella Stevoska¹, Matthias Christoph Michael Klotz², Christina Haas¹, Tobias Gotterbarm¹, Matthias Luger¹, Manuel Gahleitner¹

Affiliations

¹ Department for Orthopedics and Traumatology, Kepler University Hospital GmbH, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Krankenhausstraße 9, 4020 Linz and Altenberger Strasse 96, 4040 Linz, Austria.
² Department for Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Marienkrankenhaus Soest GmbH, Widumgasse 5, 59494 Soest, Germany.

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Reconstruction of the pelvic joint is a common way to address developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), as well as neurogenic dislocation of the hip (NDH) and Legg−Calvé−Perthes disease (LCPD) in children. The purpose of this study was to analyze the short-term radiologic outcome after hip reconstructive surgery either treated with sole osteotomy of the femur or in combination with iliac osteotomy in patients with DDH, NDH and LCPD. Materials and Methods: X-rays of 73 children, aged 2−18 years, with DDH, NDH and LCPD after hip reconstructive surgery were measured retrospectively and compared to the preoperative x-rays concerning various parameters to define hip geometry. The surgical procedures were femoral osteotomy (74), Salter innominate osteotomy (27), Pemberton osteotomy (27), open reduction (37), Chiari osteotomy (4). The pre-/postoperative acetabular index (AI), center-edge angle (CE) and Reimers migration index (RMI) were evaluated before and 3 months after surgery. Results: Hip geometry parameters improved significantly (RMI: preop/postop: 62.23% ± 31.63%/6.30% ± 11.51%, p < 0.001; CE: 11.53° ± 20.16°/30.58 ± 8.81°, p < 0.001; AI: 28.67° ± 9.2°/19.17 ± 7.65°, p < 0.001). Sub-group analysis showed a superior RMI in DDH compared with NDH 3 months after surgery (DDH/NDH: 2.77% ± 6.9%/12.94% ± 13.5%; p = 0.011). Osteotomy of the iliac bone (Salter innominate, Pemberton, Chiari) resulted in a significant improvement of the postoperative RMI compared to cases without osteotomy of the ilium (7.02 ± 11.1% vs. 16.85 ± 4.71%; p = 0.035). Conclusions: Femoral and pelvic osteotomies are effective to improve the radiological pelvic parameters in infants and adolescents with DDH, NDH and LCPD. In addition, the study found that the combination of femoral and pelvic osteotomy led to a better RMI than femoral osteotomy alone. Using the combined ilium and femoral osteotomy, it was possible to show the highest effect on correction of the hip geometry with respect to residual RMI.

Keywords: Chiari; Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease; Pemberton; Salter; combined osteotomy; developmental dysplasia of the hip; femur; ilium; neurogenic dislocation of the hip; open reduction; varisation derotation osteotomy.