Prospective Evaluation of Newborn Soft-Tissue Hip “Clicks” with Ultrasound

Fifty infants with soft-tissue hip “clicks” persisting after age 3 months were prospectively studied by using ultrasound. All children demonstrated a stable hip examination by Barlow and Ortolani maneuvers; however, a click was palpated with abduction and adduction of the hip. Static ultrasonography...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pediatric orthopaedics 1997-03, Vol.17 (2), p.199-201
Hauptverfasser: Bond, Charles D, Hennrikus, William L, DellaMaggiore, Eugene D
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Fifty infants with soft-tissue hip “clicks” persisting after age 3 months were prospectively studied by using ultrasound. All children demonstrated a stable hip examination by Barlow and Ortolani maneuvers; however, a click was palpated with abduction and adduction of the hip. Static ultrasonography demonstrated an average α angle of 63° in uninvolved hips and 62° in the clicking hips. All hips had >50% femoral-head coverage by the acetabulum. Dynamic ultrasound examination was normal in all cases. The soft-tissue clicks were not related to instability in this series of 50 infants.
ISSN:0271-6798
1539-2570
DOI:10.1097/00004694-199703000-00011