title: Prospective study of congenital dislocation of the hip.
abstract: A prospective study involving 62 newborns diagnosed as having subluxable or dislocatable hips has established the efficacy of treating such cases from birth. Patients were treated first with a simple abduction splint, leading from a plastic abduction brace to the Pavlik harness and finally, a hip spica. Routine clinical examination showed this to be necessary until hip stability was achieved. This approach, together with continuing, detailed, clinical examinations, produced a 100% success rate with no iatrogenic complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, B.C. Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Tredwell
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D011446:Prospective Studies