[Approaches to the hip in the child. I. Partial approaches (author's transl)]

It exist multiple approaches to the hip in the child. This first section is devoted to a description of those approaches which offer only limited exposure of the joint. Alongside the medial approach used for joint puncture and the obturator approach, scarcely of any use, three important approaches respecting the integrity of the gluteal muscles may be used: those of Hueter and of Watson-Jones, to the anterior aspect of the neck of the femur and that of Moore, approaching its posterior aspect.