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ReviewThe bone & joint journal2023

MRI assessment of femoral head docking following closed reduction of developmental dysplasia of the hip.

Zhe Fu, Zhongli Zhang, Shuzhen Deng, Jianping Yang, Bing Li, Huadong Zhang, Jun Liu

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Review in The bone & joint journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhe FuDepartment of Pediatric Orthopedics, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5399-0832
Zhongli ZhangDepartment of Pediatric Orthopedics, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3461-8880
Shuzhen DengDepartment of Pediatric Orthopedics, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jianping YangDepartment of Pediatric Orthopedics, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Bing LiDepartment of Joint, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Huadong ZhangDepartment of Pediatric Orthopedics, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jun LiuDepartment of Joint, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsEccentric reductions may become concentric through femoral head 'docking' (FHD) following closed reduction (CR) for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). However, changes regarding position and morphology through FHD are not well understood. We aimed to assess these changes using serial MRI.

methodsWe reviewed 103 patients with DDH successfully treated by CR and spica casting in a single institution between January 2016 and December 2020. MRI was routinely performed immediately after CR and at the end of each cast. Using MRI, we described the labrum-acetabular cartilage complex (LACC) morphology, and measured the femoral head to triradiate cartilage distance (FTD) on the midcoronal section. A total of 13 hips with initial complete reduction (i.e. FTD < 1 mm) and ten hips with incomplete MRI follow-up were excluded. A total of 86 patients (92 hips) with a FTD > 1 mm were included in the analysis.

resultsAt the end of the first cast period, 73 hips (79.3%) had a FTD < 1 mm. Multiple regression analysis showed that FTD (p = 0.011) and immobilization duration (p = 0.028) were associated with complete reduction. At the end of the second cast period, all 92 hips achieved complete reduction. The LACC on initial MRI was inverted in 69 hips (75.0%), partly inverted in 16 hips (17.4%), and everted in seven hips (7.6%). The LACC became everted-congruent in 45 hips (48.9%) and 92 hips (100%) at the end of the first and second cast period, respectively. However, a residual inverted labrum was present in 50/85 hips (58.8%) with an initial inverted or partly inverted LACC.

conclusionAn eccentric reduction can become concentric after complete reduction and LACC remodelling following CR for DDH. Varying immobilization durations were required for achieving complete reduction. A residual inverted labrum was present in more than half of all hips after LACC remodelling.Cite this article:

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Developmental Dysplasia of the HipFrontotemporal DementiaAcetabulumFemur HeadHumansMagnetic Resonance Imagingacetabular cartilageClosed reductionDevelopmental dysplasia of the hipdevelopmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)femoral headFemoral head dockinghipsimmobilizationInverted labrumLabrumMRI scansMultiple regression analysistriradiate cartilage

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PMID36722051
PMCPMC9869706
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