Potential mistakes in hip-joint sonography.
The growing propagation of hip-joint sonography and its increasing use as a screening method make it important to point out some potential mistakes. Good image quality, three-dimensional evaluation with real-time technique, consideration of form variants, correct estimation of angle parameters, consideration of medical history, and clinical evaluation as well as the necessity of follow-up examinations are inevitable requirements for reliable diagnostic sonography of the hip joint.
Orthopedic Department, Giessen Medical School, Federal Republic of Germany.
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D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007223:Infant; D014463:Ultrasonography