[Lesion of the hip joint in osteomyelitis of the pelvic bones and of the proximal portion of the femur in the newborn].

During 14 years the authors observed 52 newborn infants with acute hematogenic osteomyelitis of pelvic bones and proximal femoral portion, complicated with coxitis in 43 patients, pathological dislocation - in 32, phlegmon with burrowing in 37. A septicopyemic form of the disease was noted in 33 subjects, local-focal in 19. The symptomatics and an early topic diagnosis depending on a stage of the process are described in detail. The treatment includes timely surgical intervention on the pathological focus, intensive genaxis and treatment of pathological dislocation of the femur. An early diagnosis and timely complex therapy within recent 5 years provided the opportunity to reduce the mortality and the percentage of disability due to this disease.