title: Treatment of developmental dislocation of the hip in children after walking age. Indications from two-directional arthrography.
abstract: We treated 120 children between the ages of 12 and 31 months with 137 developmental dislocations of the hip and reviewed them at a mean follow-up of 14 years. We had used two-directional arthrography of all hips before reduction to evaluate the anterior, superior, and posterior portions of the limbus. Of the 137 hips, 64 had no interposed limbus in the AP view of the arthrogram, but 45 of these had an interposed anterior or posterior portion of the limbus. The hips with good stability and no interposed limbus in either AP or lateral arthrograms had excellent results by closed methods; in the other cases the results were less satisfactory. Our findings suggest that hips suitable for management by closed reduction can be identified by two-directional arthrography. Hips shown to have an interposed limbus are best managed by open reduction.
authors.affiliation: Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakatsuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akazawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D001175:Arthrography / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008349:Manipulation, Orthopedic; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016138:Walking