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Quality of life and clinical outcomes in severely involved cerebral palsy patients and spastic hips undergoing Castle surgery: a cross-sectional study

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Purpose

As progressive hip dislocation causes pain in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) and spasticity needs surgical correction, we aimed to describe clinical and radiographic outcomes in CP patients with painful hip deformity treated with the Castle salvage procedure.

Methods

We included all patients operated in the same hospital between 1989 and 2017 with painful spastic hips and femoral head deformity making joint reconstruction unfeasible. We collected clinical and functional data from medical records and evaluated radiographies to classify cases for femoral head shape and migration, type of deformity, spinal deformity, and heterotopic ossification. We investigated quality of life one year after surgery.

Results

We analyzed 41 patients (70 hips) with complete medical records. All had severe function compromise GMFCS V (Gross Motor Function Classification System) and heterotopic ossifications, all but one had scoliosis, and most had undergone other surgeries before Castle procedure. Patients were followed up for 77.1 months (mean) after surgery. The mean initial migration index was 73%. Seven patients had complications, being three patients minor (two femur and one tibial fracture) and four majors (patients requiring surgical revision). Quality of life was considered improved by most of the carers (35 children; 85.3%) as level 4/5 according to CPCHILD instrument. No child was able to stand or walk, but moving in and out of bed, of vehicles, and to a chair, remaining seated, or visiting public places was “very easy.”

Conclusion

We considered most patients (37 patients—90%, 66 hips—94%) as having satisfactory outcomes because they had no or minor complications, absence of pain, free mobility of the lower limbs and were able to sit in a wheelchair.

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Yamada, H.H., de Moraes Barros Fucs, P.M. Quality of life and clinical outcomes in severely involved cerebral palsy patients and spastic hips undergoing Castle surgery: a cross-sectional study. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 48, 1657–1665 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-024-06135-2

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