title: Radiological outcome of innocent infant hip clicks.
abstract: Radiographic follow-up is questioned for infants with hip clicks who have normal results from ultrasound scan examination of the hips. Infants whose sole risk factor for developmental dysplasia of the hip was a soft tissue hip click who had a normal ultrasound scan on initial assessment were identified. A follow-up 6-month pelvis radiograph was assessed. The acetabular index, position of femoral ossific nucleus and Shenton's line were measured. Rotated radiographs were excluded. One hundred and seventy-one infants (193 clicking hips) met the criteria for inclusion. All parameters measured were within normal ranges. In this study infants with hip clicks and a normal hip ultrasound scan on initial assessment had a normal radiograph at 6 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
authors.forename: Tim P C
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Burby
authors.forename: N M P
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013016:Sound; D014463:Ultrasonography