Developmental Diseases of the Hip Diagnosis and Management

• Other Authors: Spasovski, Dusko (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2017
• Subjects: Orthopaedics & fractures; arthroplasty, conservative treatment, cartilage degeneration, hip osteoarthritis, complication
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

There is a long list of diseases and traumatic events that affect hip joint, but none as persistent, as elusive and with profound consequences as developmental dysplasia. For many centuries, we have been struggling with its consequences while trying to understand the reasons how and why such a stabl...