VIDEO: Femoral head deformity may predict OA in children with cerebral palsy
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Key takeaways:
- Femoral head deformity may predict osteoarthritis in children with cerebral palsy.
- Covering the femoral head during hip surgery can prevent the development of osteoarthritis in these patients.
In this video, Jason James Howard, MD, discussed results that showed an association between deformed femoral head shape in children with cerebral palsy and the development of osteoarthritis.
“If you're going to do surgery on these patients’ hips, then you want to make sure that the femoral head is well covered,” Howard, senior pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Nemours Children’s Hospital, told Healio about results presented at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting.
He continued, “For these kids, osteoarthritis and pain at skeletal maturity is the most important thing that we are trying to prevent, so that they can go into adulthood with a mobile, pain-free hip.”
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Howard JJ, et al. Femoral head deformity associated with hip displacement in nonambulatory cerebral palsy: Results at skeletal maturity. Presented at: Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting; April 26-28, 2023; Nashville, Tennessee.
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