Taylor Spatial Frame
Indications
Deformity correction
Deformity correction
Always use the most lateral scar
- blood supply comes from medial aspect
- want to avoid a large lateral flap of dubious quality
- cross transverse scars at 90o
- minimum 7 cm skin bridge
Options
- can do trial / sham incision down to capsule
The perpendicular distance from the centre of the femoral head to the long axis of the femur
Harris 1992
- aim for supra-physiologic offset
- avoid making offset less than original at all costs & makes longer if possible
Soft tissue balancing equals restoring femoral offset
1. Abductor lurch / Trendelenburg gait