The Girdlestone situation: a historical essay

The eponymous term 'Girdlestone situation' originally referred to an excision of the femoral head in case of an acute pyogenic infection of the hip, described by Gathorne Robert Girdlestone in 1945. Over time the procedure and the indication to perform it have significantly changed. This a...

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Autores principales: Vincenten, C.M., Gosens, T., van Susante, J.C., Somford, M.P.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6831807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31700767
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.36618
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description The eponymous term 'Girdlestone situation' originally referred to an excision of the femoral head in case of an acute pyogenic infection of the hip, described by Gathorne Robert Girdlestone in 1945. Over time the procedure and the indication to perform it have significantly changed. This article presents a short biography of Girdlestone with a concomitant report on investigating the evolution of the indication and technique of the Girdlestone situation from the first description up to contemporary literature.
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spelling pubmed-68318072019-11-07 The Girdlestone situation: a historical essay Vincenten, C.M. Gosens, T. van Susante, J.C. Somford, M.P. J Bone Jt Infect Review The eponymous term 'Girdlestone situation' originally referred to an excision of the femoral head in case of an acute pyogenic infection of the hip, described by Gathorne Robert Girdlestone in 1945. Over time the procedure and the indication to perform it have significantly changed. This article presents a short biography of Girdlestone with a concomitant report on investigating the evolution of the indication and technique of the Girdlestone situation from the first description up to contemporary literature. Ivyspring International Publisher 2019-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6831807/ /pubmed/31700767 http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.36618 Text en © The author(s) This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See http://ivyspring.com/terms for full terms and conditions.
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