[Pathological dislocation of the femur in young children--a problem for the pediatrician, surgeon and orthopedist].

The authors consider, that orthopedic treatment should be carried out from the first days of illness together with the surgent of the unit of the newborns or the department of children surgery. The results of treatment of metaepiphysial osteomyelitis of femoral bone proximal end in early age children depend on timely diagnostics, treatment adequacy, rational fixation of the injured extremity and subsequent orthopedic treatment.