Success of Pavlik Harness Treatment Decreases in Patients >= 4 Months and in Ultrasonographically Dislocated Hips in Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH, vol.474, no.5, pp.1146-1152, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 474 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2016
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s11999-015-4388-5
- Journal Name: CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1146-1152
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Background Treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) using the Pavlik harness has been a widely used method in patients between 0 and 6 months of age for many years. However, the factors influencing the success rate of this treatment modality have still not exactly been determined as a result of the limited number of clinical studies with higher level of evidence.