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Screening of neonatal instability and of developmental dislocation of the hip

A SURVEY OF 132 601 LIVING NEWBORN INFANTS BETWEEN 1956 AND 1999

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, Malmö University Hospital, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr L. G. Danielsson.

Between 1956 1999, 132 601 living children were born in and Malmö, and screened for neonatal instability of the hip. All late diagnosed patients have been followed and re-examined clinically and radiologically. During the first years of screening, less than five per 1000 living newborn infants were treated. This figure increased to 35 per 1000 in 1980, but later diminished again to about six per 1000 annually after 1990. The number of referred cases decreased from 45 per 1000 in 1980 to between 10 to 15 per 1000 from 1990. During the period of high rates of referral and treatment a larger number of paediatricians were involved in the screening procedure than during the periods with low rates of referral and treatment. Altogether 21 patients (0.16 per 1000) with developmental dislocation of the hip were diagnosed late, after one week. At follow-up, 18 were free from symptoms and 15 considered to be radiologically normal.

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