Marino Ortolani

Biography

• Born 25 July 1904
• Died 1983

Medical Eponyms

• Ortolani sign and test (1936)

Key Medical Attributions:

• 1940s Ortolani studied the pathoanatomy of hip instability
• 1948 Published his textbook (La lussazione congenita dell’anca)
• 1952 Ortolani produced a movie about the examination and treatment of hip dysplasia which was translated into many languages to promote early diagnosis and treatment of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
• Through his career Ortolani published 31 articles on the subject of hip dysplasia and developed various braces to treat the infants with hip instability.

Major Publications

• Ortolani M. Un segno poco noto e sua importanza per la diagnosi precoce di prelussazione congenita dell’anca. La Pediatria, 1937;2: 129.
• Ortolani M. La lussazione congenita dell’anca. Nuovi criteri diagnostici e profilattico-correttivi. Bologna, Capelli, 1948

References

• Mubarak SJ. In search of Ortolani: the man and the method. J Pediatr Orthop. 2015 Mar;35(2):210-6. [PMID 25197944]
• Mostofi SB. Who’s Who in Orthopedics. Springer; pp250-251. 2005 edition
• Lucci S. Il professor Marino Ortolani rivoluzionò la gestione dei reparti pediatrici italiani. Ferrara 2004:21
• Stecco C, Porzionato A, Macchi V, Fantoni I, Ortolani L, De Caro R. Marino Ortolani: “Does That Baby’s Hip Go Click?”. Perspect Biol Med. 2014;57(4):538-46. [PMID 26497240]