What Is Iliotibial Band Surgery?

Normally, the pelvis is held horizontally. The pelvis tilts only when the gluteal muscles are paralyzed or the weight of the affected leg is short. Clinically, different treatment methods are adopted according to light, medium and severe: light type is only caused by hip abduction deformity caused by sacroiliac tibial contracture, and lameness is obvious when walking. This type of early sacral tibial bundle cut can be corrected. The median hip abduction contracture deformity has obvious tilt of the pelvis. Although the sacroiliac tibial stump can not be completely corrected, wedge adduction osteotomy of the upper femur is required. In addition to the abduction deformity of one hip joint, the contralateral hip joint also has subluxation and short limb deformity. The affected limb cannot bear the weight. Therefore, in addition to correcting hip dislocation on the contralateral side, it is also necessary to correct short limb deformity. Serious dislocation of the short limb also requires simultaneous extension of the sacrum and femur, or extension of the acetabulum and tuberosity for osteotomy and bone graft. Iliotibial beam amputation is used to treat pelvic tilt hip deformity.