[What is the value of the corrective osteotomies in the therapy of the coxarthrosis (author's transl)].

Followup examinations of 29 corrective osteotomies carried out near the hip show that surgical removal of a contracture can yield quite favorable results in osteoarthritis of the hip. Surgery is indicated in cases where rotation and extension of the thigh is no longer possible, resulting in immobilization, whereas, on the other hand, flexion is still possible to a satisfactory extent and the patient is still too young for plastic surgery.