Measurement of Pubofemoral Distance in the Diagnosis of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: Sensitivity and Specificity.
Giovanna Galvão Braga MottaAlessandra Rodrigues Silva ChiovattoEduardo Davino ChiovattoMarcio Luís DuarteAlexandre Francisco de LourençoMarcelo Straus TakahashiNatasha Vogel Majewski RodriguesWagner IaredPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2021)
Measurement of the PFD shows good overall accuracy for the diagnosis of DDH. However, given its low-positive predictive value, it should not be considered to be a replacement for the Graf method.
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