The Pediatric Hip

The normal child's hip is an intricate balance between a growing acetabulum, a growing proximal femur and the vasculature that accommodates to the bony changes. When that balance is disrupted, due to trauma, genetics, or other conditions, physicians have options. This issue of "Orthopedic Clinics" covers evaluation of hip pain, using ultrasound in diagnoses, treatment of developmental dysplasia, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, paralysis, fractures and more. Key words of this title include: hip, dislocation, contracture, spinal cord injury (SCI), dysplasia, fracture, septic arthritis, hip arthroscopy, degenerative hip disease in adolescents, cerebral palsy, and slipped capital femoral epiphysis paralysis.