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Congenital dislocation of the hip joint in Northern Sweden: Neonatal diagnosis and need for orthopaedic treatment
Author(s) -
Beckman L.,
Lemperg R.,
Nordström M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1977.tb01293.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , medicine , pediatrics , dislocation , surgery , physics , optics , materials science , composite material
The incidence of neonatally diagnosed congenital dislocation of the hip joint (CDH) was found to vary between three hospitals in Northern Sweden. The incidence was 10.0, 7.1 and 3.5 per thousand in hospitals A, B and C, respectively. The incidence increased during the period 1960–73 in hospitals A and B, but not in hospital C. At these hospitals the number of cases needing prolonged orthopaedic treatment showed an inverse relationship to the incidence of neonatally diagnosed CDH.