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Abstract
Thirty-one cases of congenital and developmental coxa vara are presented. The various
etiological theories are presented and the most logical one is an embryonic vascular
disturbance that upsets the ossification of the femoral neck.
The signs of coxa vara predominate over its symptoms. It is a deformity that tends
to progression with weight-bearing. Therefore, as soon as the diagnosis is made, an
effort should be made to restore the normal angulation of the femoral head and neck
with the shaft of the femur. This is best done by a subtrochanteric osteotomy. This
we believe is the conservative form of treatment in spite of a surgical procedure.
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Received:
January 28,
1938
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© 1938 Published by Elsevier Inc.
