Comment on Terjesen and Horn: ‘Prognostic value of severity of dislocation in late-detected developmental dysplasia of the hip’

• Published in: Journal of children's orthopaedics Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 589 - 590
• Main Authors: Mehta, Nikhil, Rangasamy, Karthick, Gopinathan, Nirmal Raj
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.12.2020; Sage Publications Ltd; The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
• Subjects: Arthritis; Classification; Closed reduction; Conflicts of interest; Joint replacement surgery; Joint surgery; Letter to the Editors; Medical education; Orthopedics; Osteoarthritis; India

Residual dysplasia was measured in Group 1, where the authors have defined it as the signifier for the need for additional surgery during childhood and adolescence, or centre-edge angle < 20° degrees at skeletal maturity, but this has been not elaborated upon. [...]the borderline cases may be sub...