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Congenital Hip Dislocation
 

• 5-9 times more common in females

• 10 times more frequent in breech presentations

• Present at birth

• Bilateral in one-third of cases

• Almost never in blacks

• Ortlolani click

• Dislocated by adducting; then relocated by abduction

• Click is heard or felt on relocation

• Others who get dislocated hips

  • Neurological disorders

  • Hypothyroidism

  See also Table of Hip Diseases in Children

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