The Bernese periacetabular osteotomy has a considerable rate of postoperative
complications such as reflex sympathetic dystrophy, motor nerve palsy, heterotopic …

Curved periacetabular osteotomy (CPO) was developed for the treatment of dysplastic hips
in 1995. In CPO, the exposure of osteotomy sites and osteotomy of the ischium are made in …

Background When surgical treatment of dysplastic hip osteoarthrosis is necessary,
osteotomy is preferable to fusion or THR. We evaluated periacetabular osteotomy as a …

Background: Elimination of abnormally high joint-loading resulting in excessive contact
stresses may prevent or reduce the onset of osteoarthrosis in a dysplastic hip. A number of …

A new periacetabular osteotomy of the pelvis has been used for the treatment of residual hip
dysplasias in adolescents and adults. The identification of the joint capsule is performed …

Background: Most reports on the results of the Bernese periacetabular osteotomy for the
treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip have been by the originators of the …

Acetabular dysplasia is among the most frequent causes of secondary osteoarthritis (OA) of
the hip. While hip arthrolasty is a valid option in elderly patients, young and active patients …

The direct anterior exposure is a new abductor sparing surgical approach to perform
periacetabular osteotomy, developed in an effort to eliminate the postoperative abductor …

The Bernese periacetabular osteotomy, as originally described by Dr. Reinhold Ganz, is an
effective treatment for symptomatic acetabular dysplasia in the pre-arthritic young adult hip …

Methods Three studies underly this PhD thesis. In studies I and II, the experience with the
minimally invasive and ilioinguinal approaches was retrospectively assessed by database …