Only two cases have been reported of congenital dislocation of the hip in infants born after extrauterine pregnancies. We report a further two and discuss the management and the variable outcome. These cases seem to confirm that congenital dislocation of the hip is associated with moulding forces rather than being a teratological abnormality.

The umbilical cord was employed as a source of collagen in 10 children with congenital dislocation of hip. The amount of collagen and its solubility were measured in slices of the cords and in the umbilical veins and compared with the values in normal subjects. Both the amount of collagen and its solubility were decreased in children with congenital dislocation of the hip.

We report a prospective study of the feasibility of employing specially trained physiotherapists to screen neonates for congenital dislocation of the hip. During ten years 42,241 babies were screened, using clinical tests; 255 were diagnosed and treated by a Pavlik harness. In the same period 13 children presented late with congenital dislocation of the hip which had not been detected by the sc...

Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) or congenital hip dysplasia (CDH) is the most prevalent developmental childhood hip disorder. It includes a wide spectrum of hip abnormalities ranging from dysplasia to subluxation and complete dislocation of the hip joint. The natural history of neglected DDH in adults is highly variable. The mean age of onset of symptoms is 34.5 years for dysplastic DD...

hip dislocation occurs when the femur does not break and the force is transmitted towards the hip joint leading to a posterior dislocation of the femoral head with or without posterior acetabular fracture. we present the case of a 26 year old patient involved in motor vehicle accident. clinical and imaging (radiography, ct) examination revealed an intertrochanteric fracture associated with ipsi...

during an eight month prospective study, 8240 newborns were examined for detection of congenital dislocation of the hip from oct. 23, 1991 to june 22, 1992. on first examination we found 1302 neonates (158/1000 live births) to have abnormal hips 1063 (81.6%) were prone to subluxation (subluxatable), 218 (16.81 %) prone to dislocation (dislocatable), 17 (1.3%) were dislocated and 4 (0.3%) were t...

Since September 1964, neonates born in New Plymouth have undergone clinical examination for instability of the hip in a structured clinical screening programme. Of the 41 563 babies born during this period, 1639 were diagnosed as having unstable hips and 663 (1.6%) with persisting instability were splinted, five of which failed. Also, three unsplinted hips progressed to congenital dislocation, ...

I write in response to the letter written by Drs. George Hartofilakidis and George Babis commenting on the use of the term ‘‘developmental dysplasia of the hip’’ rather than ‘‘congenital hip dislocation.’’ There is currently no classification system or terminology that sufficiently captures the spectrum of pathology that can be seen in the newborn hip. Currently the term ‘‘developmental dysplas...

As early as 1678 Pare stated that lame people beget lame children, and in 1882 KrUnlein compiled the family trees of many generations of children with congenital dislocation of the hip. In series of patients with congenital hip dislocation a hereditary factor was noted in 20 2 per cent by Isigkeit (1928), in 227 per cent by Scaglietti (1932) and in 6l per cent by Francillon (1937). Mercer (1950...