Radiological Findings of the Infants Hip with Abduction Disturbance

Yoshiki Yoshihara, Katsuro Iwasaki, Yoshimchi Yamane, Toshihiro Sadamatsu, Hiroshi Enomoto
1988 Orthopedics & Traumatology  
169 infants with limited abduction of the hip (bilateral 141, unilateral 28) were radiologically analyzed. Acetabular dysplasia was seen in 34.5% of the bilateral infants and in 57.1% of unilateral ones. 5% of the bilateral and 7.1% of the unilateral cases had a convex type of acetabulum. Retardation of ossification of the femoral capital epiphysis existed in 22.7% of all of the infants with limited abduction of the hip. We believe that it is important to do radiological examination to infants
more » ... ith limited abduction of the hip, because they might have retardation of acetabular development and of ossification in the femoral head.
doi:10.5035/nishiseisai.37.163 fatcat:vmvhdnhy5jg7bjdca4s2kuuiti