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THE EFFECT OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF THE HIP
Author(s) -
FREDENSBORG NIS
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1976.tb04893.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dislocation , pediatrics , surgery , condensed matter physics , physics
. The effects of early diagnostic measures of congenital dislocation of the hip (CDH) in Malmo during the years 1956‐1972 were investigated. Of 58759 newborns 548 were diagnosed as having CDH. Only 4 cases were missed at the initial examination. Thus, all, or almost all, children with CDH can be diagnosed at birth provided that the initial examination is undertaken within 24 or 48 hours.