Changes in the focus of clinical paediatric orthopaedics in the period 1980-2021 on the example of the Department of Children’s Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation in Lublin

For 40 years we have been observing clear changes in the interest of pediatric orthopedists. Some malformations and diseases have almost disappeared in pediatric orthopedic departments, such as developmental hip dislocation, multiple congenital clubfoot surgeries, torticollis, varus of the shin, Blounts disease,Volkmann syndrome, shin mower amputations and others described in this article. The reason for this phenomenon is usually the emergence of new diagnostic methods (e.g. hip joint ultrasound), new treatment methods (e.g. botulinum toxin) or new birth techniques or technical progress in agricultural machinery.