PMC

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9939923/

 

Highlighs

• Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a cluster of hip development disorders that affects infants.
• The incidence of DDH-dislocation among Japanese children born from 2011 through 2013 was 0.076%.
• The rate of late diagnosis was 11.5%, which was similar between the regions.
• The risk of DDH-dislocation among girls is seven times higher than that of DHH-dislocation among boys.
• Infants born during the cold months (November-February) are more vulnerable to DDH-dislocation than infants born during other months.

Selected result