Ultrasonographic Graf type IIa hip needs more consideration in newborn girls

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Omeroglu H., Caylak R., İNAN U., KÖSE N.

JOURNAL OF CHILDRENS ORTHOPAEDICS, vol.7, no.2, pp.95-98, 2013 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 7 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11832-012-0476-1
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CHILDRENS ORTHOPAEDICS
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.95-98
  • Keywords: Developmental dysplasia of the hip, Hip ultrasonography, Graf type IIa hip
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose According to hip ultrasonography by Graf's method, the type IIa hip has a certain degree of physiological delay in ossification of the bony acetabular roof. The aim of this case-control study was to evaluate the natural history of the type IIa hip.