[Value of the orthopedic examination of newborn infants with regard to the diagnosis of hip dislocation].
Out of a total of 10,617 new-born babies examined, 11.1 percent required supervision as a result of clinical signs pointing to a congenital dislocated hip joint, and 6 percent as a result of anamnestic indications. X-ray follow-up examinations after four months showed pathological hip joint findings in 27.7 percent of the patients under supervision. Out of a total of 1,587 new-born babies without pathological findings (both clinical and anamnestic), 1.2 percent showed pathological hip findings in an X-ray examination performed at the age of four months. The overall incidence of congenital dislocated hip joints was found to be 5.8 percent. The results point to the importance of regular and thorough hip examinations in child-welfare centers even after earlier checks on new-born babies which revealed no pathological findings.
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009985:Orthopedics
Uber die Aussagekraft der orthopädischen Neugeborenenuntersuchungen im Hinblick auf die Diagnostik der Luxationshüfte.