The efficiency of the routines for early diagnosis and treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip joint (CDH) practiced in the 1960s in the city of Göteborg were reviewed. Between 1961 and 1970 there were 65,875 live births in Göteborg. Eighty-five percent of the estimated number of cases of CDH
Early diagnosis of congenital dislocation of the hip
✍ Scribed by J. Rit; W. Küsswetter
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 478 KB
- Volume
- 100
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-3916
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