[Clinical and radiologic status of the hip joint in adolescents and children with late detection of anomalies of the hip joint].

The study analyzed 35 questionnaires (70 hips) with an overdue discovered anomaly of the hip joint. 32 cases (91.5%) were girls, 3 cases (8.5%) boys, while the relation of girls to boys was 10.6:1. The average age at the moment of discovery of the defect was 3.9 months and in the period of control 12-13 years. All the questionnaires were conservatively treated but it was not observed that the method of treatment had any influence on the final result. According to analysis of clinical and radiological parameters the authors accepted the thought that these hips should be followed up until the end of their growth, and when an indication for operative treatment has been set it should take care about the development of the acetabulum as well as the shape of the proximal edge of the femur and the orientation of the ilium bone.