Congenital Hip Dislocation (Subscribe)  

SPONTANEOUS DISLOCATION OF THE HIP IN CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME
# This is a 3 year old female with Down's Syndrome whose mother noticed clicking in the left hip since age 2. At the age of 4 the patient developed a limp after falling from a bicycle. She is otherwise healthy...

ISCHEMIC NECROSIS AS A COMPLICATION IN DELVELOPMENTAL DYSPLASIA
This is an 11 months old white male patient who had congenital dislocation of right hip. This was first detected 6 weeks of age. The patient was a breech child delivered by C-section. He is the first child for this 38 year old...

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DDH
Effusion - diff. dx
Perthes Disease
Sickle Cell Anemia
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

DDH involves displacement of the femoral head from the acetabulum (during the perinatal period) which disrupts the normal development of the hip joint;
- DDH is estimated to occur in 1 - 1.5 cases per 1000...

Author: James McCarthy, MD, FAAOS 2005
The term congenital dislocation of the hip dates back to the time of Hippocrates. This condition, also known as hip dysplasia or developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), has been diagnosed and treated for several hundred years. Most notably, Ortolani, an Italian pediatrician in the...