Congenital dislocation of the hip joint in Northern Sweden: Neonatal diagnosis and need for orthopaedic treatment

• Published in: Clinical Genetics
• Main Authors: Beckman, L., Lemperg, R., Nordström, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1977
• Subjects: Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0004.1977.tb01293.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1399-0004.1977.tb01293.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1399-0004.1977.tb01293.x

The incidence of neonatally diagnosed congenital dislocation of the hip joint (CDH) was found to vary between three hospitals in Northern Sweden. The incidence was 10.0, 7.1 and 3.5 per thousand in hospitals A, B and C, respectively. The incidence increased during the period 1960–73 in hospitals A and B, but not in hospital C. At these hospitals the number of cases needing prolonged orthopaedic treatment showed an inverse relationship to the incidence of neonatally diagnosed CDH.