Prospective Evaluation of Newborn Soft-Tissue Hip “Clicks” with Ultrasound
- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- developmental dysplasia-of-the-hip
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
- Vol. 17 (2), 199-201
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01241398-199703000-00011
Abstract
Summary: Fifty infants with soft-tissue hip “clicks” persisting after age 3 months were prospectively studied by using ultrasound. All children demonstrated a stable hip examination by Barlow and Ortolani maneuvers; however, a click was palpated with abduction and adduction of the hip. Static ultrasonography demonstrated an average α angle of 63° in uninvolved hips and 62° in the clicking hips. All hips had >50% femoral-head coverage by the acetabulum. Dynamic ultrasound examination was normal in all cases. The soft-tissue clicks were not related to instability in this series of 50 infants.Keywords
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