Assessing the risk of asymptomatic dysplasia in parents of children with developmental hip dysplasia.

CONCLUSION: Having a parent with DDH is a definitive risk factor for the development of hip dysplasia in childhood. In addition, being a parent of a child with DDH is a risk factor for asymptomatic dysplasia. These parents should be screened by roentgenogram. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, Diagnostic Study. PMID: 31400967 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica - August 6, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Ayanoglu T, Ataoglu MB, Tokgöz N, Ersöz E, Atalar H, Turanlı S Tags: Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc Source Type: research