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CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF THE HIP IN NORWAY Late Diagnosis CDH in the Years 1970 to 1974
Author(s) -
BJERKREIM INGJALD,
ÅRSETH PEDER H.,
Palmén Kurt
Publication year - 1978
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.1651-2227.1978.tb16329.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dislocation , pediatrics , surgery , composite material , materials science
. A survey of 274 late detected cases of CDH born in the years 1970–74 is presented. The incidence of late cases in southeast Norway was calculated to 2.2 per 1000 live births. The hips of all patients were examined at birth, the majority by trained pediatricians, without disclosing any hip affections. 86% were females. Only 6.9% were delivered in the breech position. One–half of the patients had luxation (20%) or subluxation (30%), the rest had dysplasia without dislocation. In 19% both hips were involved. The low incidence of breech presentations in late CDH‐cases compared with the incidence among neonatal cases (15.7%) point to some etiological differences. It seems that we in Norway have two types of CDH, one caused by joint laxity and detectable at birth and another, not present at birth, with progressive dysplasia of the hip and dislocation developing during the first year of life.