Prospective study of congenital dislocation of the hip.
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.
Tredwell
S J
SJ
Department of Orthopedics, B.C. Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
Davis
L A
LA
D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D011446:Prospective Studies