TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevention of overtreatment of neonatal hip dysplasia by the use of ultrasonography
AU - Bialik, V.
AU - Bialik, G. M.
AU - Wiener, F.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - The use of sonography for the neonatal screening of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) results in the overdiagnosis of this entity. In 1994, we examined sonographically and clinically 8,642 hips belonging to 4,321 neonates and found 8,150 hips clinically and sonographically normal, 398 stable but with various sonographic pathology, and 81 unstable with a variety of sonographic pathology. Using an algorithm we proposed for follow- up, and treatment if necessary, we found that 90.4% of hip joints with DDH were spared unnecessary overtreatment.
AB - The use of sonography for the neonatal screening of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) results in the overdiagnosis of this entity. In 1994, we examined sonographically and clinically 8,642 hips belonging to 4,321 neonates and found 8,150 hips clinically and sonographically normal, 398 stable but with various sonographic pathology, and 81 unstable with a variety of sonographic pathology. Using an algorithm we proposed for follow- up, and treatment if necessary, we found that 90.4% of hip joints with DDH were spared unnecessary overtreatment.
KW - Developmental dysplasia of the hip
KW - Neonatal screening
KW - Prevention of overtreatment
KW - Ultrasonography
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U2 - 10.1097/01202412-199801000-00007
DO - 10.1097/01202412-199801000-00007
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C2 - 9481656
AN - SCOPUS:0031908037
SN - 1060-152X
VL - 7
SP - 39
EP - 42
JO - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B
JF - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B
IS - 1
ER -