Conservative Treatment for Relatively Older Cases in Congenital Dislocation of the Hip

Recently, functional treatment with Pavlik's bandage in younger case of C. H. D has been popularized and the results with this method are increasingly improved.But, still there are considerable number of cases which remained untreated until about one year old.Since January. 1970, 12 dislocated hips of such older cases were treated with Pavlik's bandage.3 of them were reduced with Pavlik's bandage only.4 of them were reduced by manual reduction under awake condition after application of Pavlik's bandage for 3-4 weeks.4 of them which were unable to reduce manually under awake condition were reduced under general anesthesia.Only one of them was unable to reduce under general anesthesia.In this one hip, intervening limbus and lig. teres was found.