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Examination of the infant hip with real‐time ultrasonography.
Author(s) -
Harcke H T,
Clarke N M,
Lee M S,
Borns P F,
MacEwen G D
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1984.3.3.131
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonography , radiology , physical examination , joint (building) , engineering , architectural engineering
Examination of the infant hip with a real‐time sector scanner permits accurate and reliable determination of the anatomic structures and relationships of the hip joint. A technique using two transducer orientations has been found most effective. In 100 hip examinations, the method failed to differentiate an abnormal hip in only one instance.