Classification of Bennett and Namnyak for Clinical Outcome Following Therapy of Acute Septic Arthritis of the Hip Joint

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Bennett and Namnyak classified the outcome following therapy for acute septic arthritis of the hip joint in children. This can help determine the effectiveness of the therapy and the need for additional interventions. The authors are from Dammam Central Hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Outcome measures:

(1) clinical

(2) anatomic

Clinical Classification

Clinical measures:

(1) ability to play

(2) aching

(3) range of motion

(4) limb-length discrepancy

Ability to Play	Aching	Range of Motion	Limb Length Discrepancy	Outcome
normal	none	full	none	excellent
normal	occasional	slight limitation	none	good
impaired	aches after exercise	limitation	measurable	fair
markedly reduced	aches at rest	marked limitation	measurable	poor

Patients who are classified as excellent or good do not need to modify their activities.

Anatomic Classification

Outcome	Anatomic Features
excellent	unable to distinguish affected hip from normal hip
good	minimal distortion of the trabeculae
fair	coxa magna with or without shortening and thickening of the femoral neck; coxa valga or vara
poor	narrowing of the joint space, avascular necrosis of the capital femoral epiphysis, or complete destruction of the joint

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Classification of Bennett and Namnyak for Clinical Outcome Following Therapy of Acute Septic Arthritis of the Hip Joint

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